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Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Ecuador · Opened 2000

Pedro Vicente Maldonado Hospital

Our initial hospital project brought quality care to more than 300,000 patients and proved the AHD model by operating as a financially self-sustaining institution since 2007.

A Small Hospital With a Profound Impact

Pedro Vicente Maldonado shows what sustainable rural health care looks like in practice for patients, health care professionals, and the larger community.

300,000

Patients served in the hospital’s extended service community

15 Beds

Built as a full-service rural hospital

100% Local

Locally staffed as part of AHD’s Ecuadorian-led model

163 KM

The distance to the nearest hospital prior to the building of Hospital PVM

Sustainable Rural Care

The History of Pedro Vicente Maldonado Hospital

1997

AHD Arrives in Pedro Vicente Maldonado

AHD began working in the region, where access to hospital-level care was extremely limited.
2007

Self-Sustainability Achieved

Just seven years after opening, the hospital reached financial self-sustainability — proving that AHD’s rural health model could work for the long term.
2000

The Hospital Opens

Pedro Vicente Maldonado Hospital opened its doors, bringing locally staffed hospital care closer to rural families.
1997

AHD Arrives in Pedro Vicente Maldonado

AHD began working in the region, where access to hospital-level care was extremely limited.
2000

The Hospital Opens

Pedro Vicente Maldonado Hospital opened its doors, bringing locally staffed hospital care closer to rural families.
2007

Self-Sustainability Achieved

Just seven years after opening, the hospital reached financial self-sustainability — proving that AHD’s rural health model could work for the long term.

Help Build What Comes Next

This Hospital Proved the Model. Your Support Helps Carry It Forward.

Pedro Vicente Maldonado showed that quality, locally led rural health care can become sustainable. Your support helps AHD build on that success—expanding access, training Ecuadorian health leaders, and bringing this proven model to more communities in need.

Instead of dependency, your donations fund a self-sustaining rural health model.

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    Carol Stream, IL 60197-7158
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