ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia

What ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia does

ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia is a public healthcare institution classified as an Empresa Social del Estado (E.S.E.) under Colombian law, established in 1995 under Ordenanza 064 de 1995 and headquartered in Leticia, the capital of the Amazonas department. It operates as the departmental reference hospital, delivering medium-complexity services from its main facility and low-complexity services through a network of nine facilities: the main hospital in Leticia, the Hospital Local in Puerto Nariño, a 24-hour Urgencias unit, and seven Centros de Salud distributed across remote corregimientos (Tarapacá, La Pedrera, La Chorrera, El Encanto, Puerto Arica, Puerto Santander). The hospital employs 152 staff and serves the entire population of the Amazonas department, with particular emphasis on indigenous communities through the SISPI (Sistema Indígena de Salud Propio e Intercultural) framework and the Comisión Técnica de Salud Intercultural.

The hospital's service portfolio spans emergency care, medical appointments, clinical laboratory, therapy, dental care, vaccination, maternal-child health, and health promotion, delivered both through fixed facilities and mobile health brigades (jornadas de salud) in indigenous territories. Core technology consists of electronic patient records and administrative management systems, with no proprietary AI/ML capabilities disclosed. Services are distributed through Colombia's public health system (SGSSS), with funding from the Sistema General de Participaciones and per-capita payments from EPS (Empresas Promotoras de Salud); some services are free while therapy and laboratory exams carry unit-level fees. The hospital is currently under forced administrative intervention (intervención forzosa administrativa), with the Orange Alert declared for the Amazonas department in June 2026 due to ongoing financial distress, and has cycled through multiple appointed intervention agents since at least 2022.

The hospital's strategic posture is defined by its regulatory mandate as the sole departmental provider, offset by chronic financial fragility. Recent moves include the #SaludTIC digital infrastructure partnership with Clínica Shaio and Ministerio TIC Colombia (2025), a branding refresh (Resolución 362 de 2023), and continued participation in inter-cultural health governance through the Mesa Permanente de Coordinación Interadministrativa (MPCI). As a government entity under state stewardship, the hospital is not a private investment target, but its operational trajectory and intervention status are material credit and service-delivery risk factors for the Colombian public health system in the Amazon region.

Name

ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia

Legal name

E.S.E. Hospital San Rafael de Leticia

Website

https://esehospitalsanrafael-leticia-amazonas.gov.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia is a Colombian public hospital (Empresa Social del Estado) operating the main hospital in Leticia and eight satellite health facilities across the Amazonas department, delivering low-to-medium complexity healthcare to ~80,000–100,000 residents including indigenous communities, funded by the Colombian public health system and currently under forced administrative intervention due to financial distress.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (62211)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Safety-Net & Public Hospitals (HLAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Healthcare service delivery
• Emergency medical care
• Intercultural health services
• Community health programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Leticia

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Health Services Funding: Government-funded healthcare services through Sistema General de Participaciones and regime contributivo/subsidiado payments. Operates under Colombia's public health financing framework with payments from EPS (Empresas Promotoras de Salud) for services rendered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

E.S.E. Hospital San Rafael de Leticia operates as a public departmental hospital providing medium-complexity healthcare services from its main facility in Leticia, Amazonas, and low-complexity services through a network of subsidiary health centers in remote corregimientos. The hospital delivers emergency care (24/7), medical appointments, clinical laboratory testing, therapy, dental care, vaccination programs, maternal-child healthcare, and health promotion activities. It also integrates traditional Amazonian medicine with modern healthcare through the SISPI (Sistema Indígena de Salud Propio e Intercultural) framework, serving indigenous communities across the Amazonas department.

Product overview

ESE Hospital San Rafael de Leticia is a public healthcare institution (Empresa Social del Estado) operating as the main hospital in Leticia, Amazonas department, Colombia. The hospital provides medium-complexity services from its main facility and low-complexity services through a network of subsidiary health centers. The organization operates the main hospital in Leticia, Hospital Local de Puerto Nariño, and several Centro de Salud facilities (Tarapacá, La Pedrera, La Chorrera, San Rafael, Puerto Arica, Puerto Santander) across non-municipalized areas of the Amazonas department. The hospital offers clinical services including medical appointments, laboratory tests, therapy, emergency care, and medical records management through government-integrated service portals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Solicitud Historia Clínica Service for requesting patient medical records (Historia Clínica) from the hospital, available through the government portal with processing time of eight calendar days. Free of charge under the public healthcare system.
• Certificado de Nacido Vivo Live birth certificate issuance service for newborns, available as an in-person procedure with a two-hour processing time.
• Asignación de Citas Médicas Medical appointment scheduling service for healthcare delivery, available as in-person procedure with one-hour processing time. Free of charge under the public healthcare system.
• Servicio de Terapia Therapy services provided by the hospital, available as an in-person paid service with one-hour duration. Has associated costs under Trámite con costo framework.
• Examen de Laboratorio Clínico Clinical laboratory testing services available as an in-person paid procedure with one-hour processing time. Has associated costs under Trámite con costo framework.
• Atención Inicial de Urgencia Initial emergency care service provided immediately upon patient arrival at the 24-hour emergency department (Urgencias) facility.

Quantifiable outcome

• Health services provided to remote communities through community health brigades
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Clínica ShaiocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership established through the #SaludTIC convenio for healthcare improvement. Clínica Shaio collaborates with the hospital and Ministerio TIC Colombia to enhance healthcare services in the Amazonas department, contributing technical expertise and potentially specialized medical support.
• Ministerio TIC ColombiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Through the #SaludTIC convenio, Ministerio TIC Colombia provides technology solutions and digital infrastructure to improve healthcare delivery in the remote Amazonas department, addressing connectivity and digital health challenges.
• Comisión Técnica de Salud Intercultural del AmazonascoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Technical commission created by decree 0140 of 2019 to promote intercultural health in Amazonas. The hospital participates in this commission with indigenous authorities to integrate traditional medicine with modern healthcare through SISPI (Sistema Indígena de Salud Propio e Intercultural).

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Sura EPS: Major Colombian EPS and one of the principal payers to which E.S.E. hospitals bill for services. Relevant as both a revenue counterparty and an ecosystem participant whose policies shape hospital operating economics.
• Compensar EPS: One of Colombia's largest health insurers/EPS that pays E.S.E.s for services rendered; directly relevant as the upstream payer in the hospital's revenue model and as a counterparty in coverage and reimbursement negotiations.

Broad incumbents

• Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe: Major nonprofit academic hospital in Medellín offering comprehensive specialty care — a relevant comparator on clinical capabilities and on how Colombian hospitals expand complexity over time.
• Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá: One of Colombia's leading nonprofit hospital networks; while not an E.S.E., it represents the upper tier of Colombian hospital care and a reference point for service quality, partnership models, and clinical excellence.
• Hospital San José de Bogotá: Long-established public university-affiliated hospital in Bogotá offering a much broader specialty portfolio, providing a benchmark for the higher-complexity services that Hospital San Rafael de Leticia could aspire to deliver through partnerships.
• Centro Médico Imbanaco: Large private hospital complex in Cali that competes with public E.S.E.s for clinical talent and patient referrals, illustrating the private-sector pressure that public hospitals must manage.
• Hospital Universitario San Ignacio: Jesuit-run university hospital in Bogotá delivering full-spectrum specialty care. Useful as a benchmark for the kind of academic and specialty partnerships that could augment rural E.S.E. capacity via telemedicine and referral.

Direct peers

• ESE Hospital Erasmo Meoz: E.S.E. public hospital in Cúcuta serving as a high-complexity referral center for Norte de Santander. Comparable as another E.S.E. under Colombian public health law, with similar financial-distress dynamics and intervention history.
• ESE Hospital Departamental de Villavicencio: Another E.S.E. (Empresa Social del Estado) departmental hospital under Colombian public health law, providing a comparable mix of low and median complexity services as a regional referral provider — the closest structural analog to Hospital San Rafael de Leticia.
• ESE Hospital Hernando Moncaleano Perdomo: Public departmental hospital in Neiva (Huila) operating under the same E.S.E. framework with similar multi-tier service delivery across a regional network — directly comparable in regulatory model, funding sources, and accountability requirements.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ese-hsrl-amazonas
• Facebookfacebook.com/ESESanRafaeLeticia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ese-hospital-san-rafael-de-leticia

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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