Garrahan Hospital

What Garrahan Hospital does

Garrahan Hospital (legal name: Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan") is a public, high-complexity pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina, inaugurated in 1987 and formally constituted as an autonomous decentralized entity (S.A.M.I.C.) under the Argentine Ministry of Health. It operates 587 beds (132 ICU), 20 operating rooms, and 200 consultation rooms across a 113,000 m² campus, staffed by 4,200–5,000 workers and serving pediatric patients aged 0–15 referred from across Argentina. The hospital runs more than 40 clinical specialties — including oncology, cardiology, neurosurgery, transplant services, fetal medicine, and neonatology — and houses unique national assets such as the only public pediatric radiotherapy service in Argentina, the only public pediatric fetal medicine unit, and a Genomic Studies Unit using NGS and CGH-array technology. Clinical technology is anchored on digital hospital information systems (SIG-Web, SIG-PC, DW), electronic medical records, digital prescriptions (since 2020), advanced imaging (CT, MRI, interventional radiology), and a fleet of surgical C-arms recently expanded to seven OEC Elite CFD units.

The hospital's revenue model is fully public: services are provided free of charge to all patients, with funding split ~80% from the national government and ~20% from the Buenos Aires city government; when patients carry social-security coverage the hospital processes administrative billing without co-payment. The core go-to-market is a referral-based system that funnels complex pediatric cases from the federal health network, augmented by the OCD Telesalud platform — operational since 1997 — that connects 300+ health centers from La Quiaca to Antarctica, with 97.7% of teleconsultations resolved without physical transfer. Distribution also includes direct outpatient, 24/7 emergency, vaccination, and blood-bank access points; a Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program partnered with Hospital Argerich and Maternidad Sardá; and a Simulation Center (CeSim) training 2,000+ professionals and ~1,800 residents annually. Marketing reach is built on social media (@HospGarrahan), WhatsApp, press relations, and clinical-practice guidelines (Guías de Atención Pediátrica), while institutional support — including Casa Garrahan lodging — flows through the adjacent Fundación Garrahan.

Name

Garrahan Hospital

Legal name

Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan"

Website

https://garrahan.gov.ar

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Garrahan Hospital is a public, high-complexity pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires serving children 0–15 across Argentina through 587 beds, 40+ specialties, and a federal telesalud network linking 300+ health centers nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (6223)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062)

akta.pro primary industry

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems (HLAFAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pediatric Specialty Care Centers (e.g., cardiology, oncology, neurology) (HLAFAJAH), Neonatal Intensive Care & Special Care Nurseries (NICU/SCN) (HLAFAJAE), Pediatric Neurology (HLAKAIAK)

Keywords

• Pediatric healthcare services
• Children's specialty hospital
• Pediatric transplant services
• Pediatric oncology care
• Pediatric diagnostic imaging

Headquarters

HQ city

Buenos Aires

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Healthcare Funding: Public hospital funded primarily through government allocations with no direct charges to patients. Financed 80% by the national government and 20% by the Ciudad de Buenos Aires government. Operates as a decentralized entity (Ente Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C.) with mixed funding sources.
2. Social Security/Insurance Billing: When patients have health insurance coverage, the hospital processes billing through their social security for medical coverage, though the base service remains free for patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Garrahan Hospital is a public pediatric hospital of high complexity that delivers specialized medical care for children aged 0–15 across Argentina. Its core services include over 40 pediatric specialties (cardiology, oncology, nephrology, neurology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, endocrinology, etc.), high-complexity procedures (transplants, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, neonatal intensive care), advanced diagnostic imaging, a fetal medicine program, and a nationwide telesalud network linking 300+ health centers. The hospital is financed by the Argentine state and provides care free of charge to all patients.

Product overview

Hospital Garrahan is a public pediatric hospital of high complexity serving children from 0 to 15 years old in Argentina. The institution operates as an integrated healthcare services provider rather than a software product company. Its core offerings include general and specialized pediatric medical services (over 40 specialties), complemented by dedicated programs such as Telesalud for remote healthcare delivery, Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program for complex pregnancies, Diagnostic Imaging with advanced technology (CT, MRI, conventional radiology), Blood Bank services, Pharmacy with digital prescription capabilities, and Organ/Tissue Transplant services. The hospital also provides education and training through its Simulation Center and supports the federal health network through teleconsultation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OCD Telesalud: Office of Distance Communication providing teleconsultations, teleeducation, teleresearch and telemanagement services.

Products and services

• Telesalud (Telehealth) [Telesalud] [Telesalud (Telehealth)] [Telehealth / Telesalud] - Federal Telehealth Service Remote healthcare service enabling teleconsultations, tele-education, tele-research, and tele-management, coordinated by the Office of Distance Communication (OCD). Provides synchronous and asynchronous teleconsultations, home teleconsultations for chronic patients since 2020, and continuous training for healthcare teams nationwide, serving as the hospital's federal reach strategy.
• Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program [Programa de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento Fetal] [Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program] - Fetal Medicine Unit Reference unit for complex pregnancies established in 2008, the only public pediatric hospital in Argentina with a Fetal Medicine Unit. Provides prenatal care and high-complexity treatments including ECMO, having assisted over 2,600 complex pregnancies with 200+ births, 4,000+ consultations, 20+ EXIT procedures, and 15+ invasive fetal procedures.
• Blood Bank [Banco de Sangre] [Blood Bank] - Regional Hemotherapy Center Regional Hemotherapy Center maintaining a 100% voluntary donation model that processes approximately 17,000 blood donations and 2,400 apheresis platelet donations annually, runs external blood collection campaigns, and supplies blood components to other hospitals.
• Diagnostic Imaging [Diagnóstico por Imágenes] [Diagnostic Imaging] - Pediatric Imaging Service Comprehensive pediatric imaging service including conventional radiology, multiparametric ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology, and neurointerventional procedures, performing more than 169,000 imaging studies annually using state-of-the-art technology.
• Pharmacy [Farmacia] [Pharmacy] - Central Pediatric Pharmacy Central pharmacy service providing 24/7 medication management including computerized management systems, daily dose distribution, parenteral nutrition, chemotherapy preparation, unit-dose antimicrobials, pharmacovigilance, technovigilance, clinical pharmacokinetics, and drug information, serving approximately 320 ambulatory patients daily.
• Simulation Center [Centro de Simulación (CeSim)] [Simulation Center (CeSim)] - Clinical Simulation Training Center Simulation-based training center providing safe clinical practice and education for healthcare professionals, used for continuous training of Garrahan staff and healthcare teams from across Argentina as part of the hospital's teaching and research mission.
• Medical Specialties Services [Servicios de Especialidades Médicas] [Medical Specialties Services] - Pediatric Specialty Care Comprehensive pediatric medical services across Cardiology, Endocrinology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Hematology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology, Pneumology, Genetics, and over 40 other specialized pediatric services providing complex healthcare for children from 0 to 15 years old.
• Organ and Tissue Transplant [Trasplante de Órganos y Tejidos] [Organ and Tissue Transplant] - Pediatric Transplant Program Comprehensive pediatric transplant services including renal transplant (with a record 55 kidney transplants in 2025 and 623 cumulative kidney transplants since program inception), liver transplant, and bone marrow transplant. Participates in the UHPROT program with INCUCAI to strengthen pediatric organ and tissue procurement nationwide.

Quantifiable outcome

• 97.7% of teleconsultations resolved without requiring patient referral to hospital
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• INCUCAI (Instituto Nacional Central Único Coordinador de Ablación e Implante)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Convenio signed to incorporate Garrahan Hospital into the UHPROT (Unidades Hospitalarias de Procuración de Órganos y Tejidos) Program. Aims to optimize detection of potential donors and improve pediatric transplant system response nationwide. With this incorporation, there are 43 procurement units installed in the country.
• EAIT (Ente Autárquico Instituto de Trasplante) - Ciudad de Buenos AirescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 June 2026Joint signatory with INCUCAI for the UHPROT Program implementation to strengthen pediatric organ and tissue procurement. Collaborates in identifying potential donors, training teams, and coordinating institutional processes.
• Hospital ArgerichcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospital in the Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program. Provides maternal healthcare during pregnancy for complex fetal cases, with deliveries handled at Garrahan. Part of collaborative fetal medicine model.
• Maternidad SardácoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner institution in the Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Program. Provides maternal care during complex pregnancies under the collaborative model with Hospital Argerich, with pediatric care at Garrahan.
• 300+ Health Centers (Federal OCD Telesalud Network)flagshipTechnology or IntegrationFederal network of over 300 health centers connected through the Oficina de Comunicación a Distancia (OCD) telesalud platform. Spans from La Quiaca to Antarctica, enabling remote consultations, professional training, and collaborative healthcare delivery without patient displacement.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez: Public pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires providing general and specialized pediatric care. Directly comparable to Garrahan in patient demographic (0-15 public-sector pediatric patients in Argentina), service mix, and national reference role, though Garrahan leads on high-complexity subspecialties (transplants, fetal medicine, radiotherapy).
• Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde: Buenos Aires city public pediatric hospital offering general and specialized pediatric care. Compete for the same public-sector pediatric patient population in Argentina, with overlapping emergency, outpatient, and inpatient capabilities, though smaller in scale and tertiary complexity than Garrahan.
• Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad (Córdoba): Public pediatric hospital in Córdoba serving as the regional pediatric reference center for central Argentina. Comparable in mission (public-sector pediatric reference hospital), though smaller scale and narrower geographic catchment than Garrahan.
• Hospital de Niños Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona): Leading public pediatric teaching hospital in Spain and one of Europe's premier children's hospitals. Most directly comparable international peer to Garrahan given similar public-sector mission, high-complexity pediatric programs (transplants, oncology, fetal medicine), university affiliation, and research output.
• Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez: National pediatric reference hospital in Mexico City, operating under the Federal Health Secretariat. Comparable as a publicly funded, high-complexity Latin American pediatric referral center with similar specialty programs (oncology, cardiology, transplants) and national referral catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires: Large private academic hospital in Buenos Aires with comprehensive pediatric services including high-complexity care and transplants. Comparable for pediatric specialty depth and research output, but operates as a broad multi-specialty adult-and-pediatric provider funded through private insurance rather than public-sector funding.
• Hospital Austral: Private academic hospital in Pilar (greater Buenos Aires) with robust pediatric services and a university affiliation (Universidad Austral). Competes for tertiary pediatric referrals but operates primarily within a private/prepago financing model.
• Hospital de Pediatría S.A.M.I.C. (Hospital Garrahan): Listed for completeness — Garrahan Hospital is itself a public pediatric reference; for analytical purposes, the most comparable Argentine private pediatric specialty centers (e.g., sanatorio pediatric wings) would map here when comparing business models within the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hospgarrahan
• Instagraminstagram.com/hospgarrahan
• Xx.com/HospGarrahan
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospital-de-pediatria-j-p-garrahan

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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