Construction is beginning on Puerto Vallarta’s Civil Hospital of the Coast, a teaching-hospital project designed to expand specialized healthcare access for the city and the wider Banderas Bay region.
The project is part of Jalisco’s planned Network of Teaching Hospitals, a joint effort between the Government of Jalisco, the University of Guadalajara, and Hospital Civil de Guadalajara. Officials say the model will allow medicine, nursing, and health-sciences students to complete internships, residencies, and specialist training closer to their home regions instead of relocating to Guadalajara.
According to Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, the hospital is planned on a 35,486-square-meter site, with 3,710 square meters of hospital construction, 2,691 square meters for teaching and research, 180 census beds, 100 non-census beds, 13 specialized units, and 62 specialties and subspecialties. The official release lists a planned investment of 1.197 billion pesos.
The service area includes Puerto Vallarta, Cabo Corrientes, Mascota, San Sebastián del Oeste, Talpa de Allende, and Tomatlán in Jalisco, plus Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, and San Pedro Lagunillas in Nayarit. Officials estimate the regional network could support care for more than 314,000 people without social-security coverage.
For visitors and foreign residents, the announcement adds long-term depth to Puerto Vallarta’s hospital and medical-care resources and reinforces the region’s role in medical tourism. Travelers should still review available medical services before a trip, but the hospital network points to improved regional capacity over time.
