Hospital Pereira Rossell

What Hospital Pereira Rossell does

Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell (legal name) is a public tertiary-level teaching hospital operating under Uruguay's state health services administration (ASSE - Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado), founded in 1908 and headquartered at Bulevar Artigas 1550, Montevideo. The institution is structured as two co-located specialty hospitals — Hospital de la Mujer (Women's Hospital, 272 beds) and Hospital Pediátrico (Pediatric Hospital, 186 beds) — supported by shared Servicios Técnicos Intermedios for diagnostics and treatment. It functions as Uruguay's national reference center for women's, maternal, neonatal, and pediatric care, designated by the Ministry of Public Health for gynecology-obstetrics, neonatology, pediatrics, pediatric bone marrow transplant, and pediatric burns/reconstructive surgery (UNIQUER). Annual throughput exceeds 130,000 outpatient consultations and 78,000 emergency consultations, serving over 270,000 children and adolescents within the ASSE network.

The hospital's core technical capabilities span advanced imaging and treatment infrastructure: a 1.5 Tesla MRI (installed 2019), a next-generation CT scanner with PACS image management (donated by Tenfield in 2021), a linear accelerator for cancer treatment (with expansion planned), anesthesia stations with MRI-compatible monitoring, videoendoscopic and videolaparoscopic equipment, an RT-PCR molecular biology laboratory (equipped by the IAEA), and a tele-ultrasonography system extending prenatal diagnostics nationwide. Specialized units include the Fetal Surgery Center (Uruguay's first, launched 2021 in partnership with Fundación Álvarez Caldeyro Barcia), the Human Milk Bank (feeding ~2,700 children annually from 650 donor mothers), UNIQUER burns unit, Pediatric Palliative Care Unit, and a Hogar de Madres accommodating over 150 women annually. The hospital is academically integrated with Universidad de la República Faculty of Medicine, hosting nine named clinical chairs and serving as the primary training center for perinatology and gynecology specialists.

The business model is government-funded public healthcare: services are provided free of charge to ASSE beneficiaries, with revenue derived from state budget allocations channeled through ASSE rather than commercial pricing or insurance reimbursement. Patients access the hospital through referrals from ASSE primary and secondary healthcare facilities across Uruguay, with emergency walk-in access in Montevideo. Go-to-market is institutional rather than commercial, supported by a public-facing website, social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube), a vaccination center, an online lab results portal, and a patient feedback survey. Equipment is partially financed through corporate donations and foundations (Tenfield, Supermercados Disco, Fundación Amigos del CHPR, IAEA), reflecting a hybrid public-private capital structure. There is no commercial product, no private equity ownership, and no venture funding.

Name

Hospital Pereira Rossell

Legal name

Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell

Website

https://pereirarossell.gub.uy

Company type

Public

Founded year

1908

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell is Uruguay's national public reference hospital under ASSE, comprising the Hospital de la Mujer and Hospital Pediátrico with 483 beds, delivering free tertiary maternal and pediatric care to over 270,000 children and tens of thousands of women annually.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (622310), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAJAG

Children’s Hospitals & Pediatric Health Systems

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Women’s & Children’s Health Providers

SECONDARYHLAFAAAI

Children’s Hospitals (Acute Care)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

SECONDARYHLAFADAF

Pediatric Urgent Care Centers

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Emergency & Urgent Care Services

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Maternal healthcare
• Pediatric hospital
• Neonatal intensive care
• Tertiary healthcare

Headquarters

HQ city

Montevideo

HQ country

Uruguay

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Public Healthcare Services: Government-funded public hospital operating under ASSE (Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado). Services are provided free of charge or at highly subsidized rates to citizens covered by the public healthcare system.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Hospital Pereira Rossell (Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell) is a public tertiary-level teaching hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay, comprising two specialized facilities: Hospital de la Mujer (Women's Hospital) and Hospital Pediátrico (Pediatric Hospital). It serves as Uruguay's national reference center for maternal, gynecological, neonatal, and pediatric care under ASSE, the state health services administration, providing comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, surgical, and emergency services free of charge to public healthcare beneficiaries.

Product overview

Hospital Pereira Rossell is a public healthcare center comprising two specialized hospitals: Hospital de la Mujer (Women's Hospital) and Hospital Pediátrico (Pediatric Hospital), supported by shared Servicios Técnicos Intermedios. This is not a technology product company but a healthcare services provider. The Hospital de la Mujer focuses on maternal care, gynecology, obstetrics, and neonatal services, while the Hospital Pediátrico serves as the national reference for pediatric care including emergency, surgery, oncology, and specialized clinics. Intermediate Technical Services provide shared diagnostic capabilities including laboratory, imaging (CT, MRI), pharmacy, and hemotherapy. Additional support services include a Human Milk Bank, Fetal Surgery Center, Pediatric Palliative Care Unit, and therapeutic recreational programs. The center handles over 130,000 annual consultations across 483 beds, operating as a third-level referral facility under ASSE.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospital de la Mujer (Women's Hospital)

Quantifiable outcome

• 483 beds providing comprehensive inpatient care
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered notable, core, flagship, important and supporting.

• TenfieldnotableOthers · 14 December 2021Corporate donor that provided state-of-the-art CT scanner, remote-controlled radiology table, and new PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) for the Pediatric Hospital.
• Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA/IAEA)notableOthers · 18 November 2021Provided RT-PCR equipment for rapid COVID-19 detection at the Molecular Biology Laboratory through interregional project INT0098 with extrabudgetary contribution from the United States government.
• Fundación Mauricio GajernotableOthers · 3 December 2020Donated major technological and architectural renovation of the Dr. Mauricio Gajer amphitheater through Medicina Personalizada and SEMM.
• ASSE (Administración de los Servicios de Salud del Estado)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent government health authority managing the hospital as part of the ASSE healthcare network. ASSE provides funding, administrative oversight, and connects the hospital with the broader public healthcare system serving Uruguay.
• Universidad de la República, Facultad de MedicinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership integrating medical education and research. Multiple clinical departments (Clínicas Pediátricas A, B, C; Clínica de Cirugía Pediátrica; Cátedra de Emergencia Pediátrica; Cátedra de Medicina Intensiva Pediátrica; Cátedra de Neuropediatría; Clínica de Psiquiatría de niños y adolescentes; Cátedra de Ortopedia y Traumatología; Clínicas Ginecotocológicas) are based at the hospital.
• Fundación Álvarez Caldeyro BarciaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic ally supporting the maternity hospital. Provided major equipment for fetal surgery (intrauterine surgery), donated to the Hospital de la Mujer. Key supporter for first fetal surgery center in Uruguay and various hospital improvements.
• Diego Godín and Sofía HerreranotableOthersDiego Godín (Uruguayan footballer) and wife Sofía Herrera serve as Padrino (Godfather) of CHPR, having donated state-of-the-art ultrasound equipment for premature birth prevention.
• Fundación Amigos del CHPRimportantGTM or Marketing PartnerSupport foundation organizing fundraising campaigns and donations from corporate partners (Supermercados Disco) for medical equipment including videoendoscopes and videolaryngoscopes for pediatric anesthesia.
• Supermercados Disco / Grupo DiscoOthersCorporate social responsibility partner through Fundación Amigos del CHPR, raising funds from customers for pediatric anesthesia equipment including videoendoscopes and videolaryngoscopes.
• CAIF (Centros de Atención a la Infancia y la Familia)supportingOthersChildcare center located on hospital premises providing care for children aged 0-3 years of hospital workers, accommodating over 100 children.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Hospital de Clínicas (Universidad de la República): Uruguay's primary university hospital operated by UDELAR. Most direct local peer sharing academic integration with the same university, providing general tertiary care across adult and pediatric specialties. Operates under similar ASSE/public funding constraints but with broader adult service mix.
• Hospital Universitario Austral: Private academic medical center in Buenos Aires affiliated with Universidad Austral. Comparable as an academic teaching hospital with tertiary pediatric and maternal services, but operates on private/prepaid model rather than government funding.
• Boston Children's Hospital: Global benchmark for pediatric specialty hospitals, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Comparable as a pediatric tertiary/quaternary reference center with research integration, though operating at much larger scale (400+ beds) and serving as aspirational standard for specialized pediatric care including fetal surgery.

Direct peers

• Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan: Argentina's leading public pediatric hospital in Buenos Aires. Directly comparable as a national reference pediatric hospital serving the public health system, with similar scale (~600 beds), academic integration, and specialized pediatric services including oncology and bone marrow transplant.
• Hospital de Niños Roberto del Río: Major public pediatric hospital in Santiago, Chile. Comparable as a tertiary public pediatric hospital with academic affiliations (Universidad de Chile), serving as a regional reference center for specialized pediatric care including oncology and surgery.
• Hospital de la Misericordia: Colombia's national pediatric reference hospital in Bogotá. Comparable as a long-standing public pediatric specialty hospital (founded 1880) with academic integration, comprehensive tertiary pediatric services, and similar government-funded operating model in a Latin American public health system.
• Hospital Exequiel González Cortés: Chile's leading public pediatric hospital serving the southern Santiago metropolitan area. Comparable as a public pediatric reference center with academic integration (Universidad de Chile), specialized pediatric services including burns and oncology, and similar government-funded operating model.
• Hospital Nacional de Pediatría Dr. J. P. Garrahan: (See also: distinct from Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan) National pediatric hospital serving Argentina's public health system, comparable in scale (~600 beds), national reference designation, bone marrow transplant program, and academic integration.
• Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez: Historic public children's hospital in Buenos Aires, founded in 1873. Comparable as a long-established public pediatric reference hospital with academic affiliations, tertiary pediatric specialty services, and similar government-funded operating model.

Regional players

• Hospital Italiano de Montevideo: Major private hospital in Montevideo offering comprehensive services including maternity and pediatric care. Comparable as a Montevideo-based tertiary provider, but operates on a private/prepaid model and competes for the same specialist talent pool.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/pereira.rossell
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hospital-pereira-rossell

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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