Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental (INSAM)

The Health Ministry's national psychiatric hospital, on Calle Matías Hernández in Río Abajo. It traces its origins to the Corozal Hospital; in 1933 it was renamed Retiro Matías Hernández (Official Gazette, 2025). It provides psychiatric inpatient care (150 beds per the Health Ministry in 2022) and houses the Addiction Study and Treatment Center (CETA) and a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center. In June 2025 the Cabinet approved $7.29 million to rehabilitate CETA's drainage, offices and internal roads. It is not a primary-care center for the neighborhood.

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Price: Contact the venue

Specialties: Psychiatry (inpatient), addiction treatment at CETA and psychosocial rehabilitation (Health Ministry)
Facilities: Specialized mental-health hospital with 150 beds (Health Ministry Resolution 637, Official Gazette, Oct 2022)
Price level: Public (Health Ministry); formerly Retiro Matías Hernández (1933); CETA rehabilitation approved for $7.29 million (Jun 2025)
Hours: Not published
Distance: ~1.5 km from the center of the area (OSM, straight line)

Sources (data as of Oct 2026): Gaceta Oficial – Resolución de Gabinete del 17 jun 2025 (INSAM y CETA en Río Abajo; $7,291,851.77) · MINSA – Resolución 637 de 7 oct 2022, salud mental (INSAM, 150 camas) · MINSA – CETA y Centro de Rehabilitación Psicosocial del INSAM en Río Abajo (ago 2022) · OpenStreetMap – Instituto Nacional de Salud Mental (way 1288411944)