Vieques opens Hospital Susana Centeno after $85.5 million rebuild
Puerto Rico's governor and the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary inaugurated Hospital Susana Centeno, the new Vieques Health Center, on September 26, 2026, replacing the family health center that closed after Hurricane María, El Vocero reported. The Puerto Rico Health Secretary and the mayor of Vieques joined them at the opening.
A hospital built for $85.5 million
The outlet reported that the project cost about $85.5 million from federal, state and local funds. FEMA first announced an obligation of more than $39.5 million in January 2020, and the design-build contract came to $75.98 million.
The hospital has an emergency room, outpatient clinics, dialysis and infusion, behavioral health, diagnostics and an FAA-certified heliport, the outlet reported. Its dialysis unit has operated since October 2025. Substantial completion came in December 2025, and final completion was certified on July 29. The center serves about 8,000 residents.
The site's permits
The new facilities were filed in the permits portal as the Centro de Salud de Vieques, Nuevas Facilidades Médicas, at Carretera PR-997 Km 0.1 in Barrio Florida. A single permit for phase one was approved on June 18, 2025, and a single permit for phase two, filed on December 10, 2025 for a medical and hospital facility, is still incomplete. The Centro de Salud Familiar Susana Centeno at 206 Calle Géminis in Florida holds its own single permits, the latest approved on July 28, 2026, and a kidney care clinic at the same address had a single permit approved in November 2024.
Homes and rentals around the hospital
Within a kilometer of the health center site at 206 Calle Géminis, 61 homes are listed for sale in RED Atlas records, with a median asking price of $399,000, and 46 short-term rentals are active. Within 500 meters, 10 homes are for sale, at a median asking price of $137,400, and 14 short-term rentals are active.
Recorded sales are few. Eight sale deeds were recorded within a kilometer of the site in the 12 months from November 2024 to October 2025, at a median price of $47,630, and two within 500 meters, at a median of $120,000.
The government plans a lodging facility near the center for patients' families and visiting medical staff, the outlet reported. The island's market profile is at Vieques market profile.
