Julio Diaz National Rehabilitation Hospital

HOSPITAL DE REHABILITACIÓN – JULIO DÍAZ is the leading academic medical center providing international patients with specialized health services for both adults and children. The center offers extensive treatments as well as rehabilitation programs for neurological, rheumatic, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and respiratory diseases, in an inpatient and outpatient setting.

Patients receive individualized programs that are specific to their condition and based on their specific disorder and symptoms. Treatments are carried out with high professionalism, scientific rigor, and advanced medical technology.

Originally established in 1957 as a home for patients with physical and mental challenges, in 1962 it expanded to becoming a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Center for the population at large and for international patients.

By 1989, the center began carrying out clinical research activities to evaluate therapeutic procedures that can facilitate the return to normalcy and recovery.

The Julio Diaz National Rehabilitation Hospital has positioned itself as a world-renowned hospital known for its excellent care by having among its faculty teams of highly qualified medical specialists and therapists directly advised by Dr. C. Jorge Luis González Roig, president of the Cuban Scientific Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.

Additionally, the Julio Diaz National Rehabilitation Hospital has a large number of medical teams specializing in Internal Medicine, Orthopedics, Traumatology, Pneumology, Cardiology, Neurology, Angiology, and Urology, among others. Currently, the Julio Díaz Rehabilitation Center offers academic lectures and training for resident physicians, health technicians, physiotherapy technicians, and nurses.

Main Programs for International Patients’ Medical Care:

Treatment and rehabilitation programs are developed in accordance with the patient’s condition and specific needs.

Pediatric Rehabilitation Program including but not limited to:

• Psychomotor retardation
• Cerebral palsy
• Myelomeningocele
• Obstetric Brachial Paralysis
• Cranium encephalic trauma
• Asphyxia due to incomplete drowning
• Spinal injuries
• Multiple congenital arthrogryposis

Program for the Rehabilitation of Neurological Diseases including but not limited to:

• Vascular Brain Injury. Hemiplegia
• Spinal Lesions (Quadriplegics and Paraplegics)
• Brain Injury Trauma
• Multiple sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Brachial plexus injury

Prevention and Health Promotion Program including but not limited to:

• Obesity and arterial hypertension.
• Cardiovascular Diseases (uncomplicated myocardial infarction, chronic ischemic heart disease, bronchiectasis.)
• Respiratory diseases (pulmonary emphysema, bronchial asthma, after myocardial revascularization)
• Rheumatic Diseases (Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis, chondrocalcinosis).

Patient Comfort Services:

To ensure patients’ and their loved ones’ needs and comfort are met, the center offers the following services:

• Restaurant services and rooms of exquisite comfort equipped with:
  • Air conditioning
  • Internal telephone service
  • Safe box
  • Satellite television
  • Minibar
  • Bathrooms with cold and hot water and the necessary help for the patient

With over 25 years of experience in the care of patients from across the globe, the center offers comprehensive, personalized rehabilitation programs with excellence, always achieving full satisfaction of patients and family.