It is located in Parotas street, in district I of Valle de las Garzas (Valley of the Herons), next to the Auditorium Manuel Bonilla Valle.

It can be acceded by taxi and/or automobile, driving through Miguel de la Madrid boulevard until the crossing with Elías Zamora Verduzco Avenue. The Red Cross of the Municipality of Manzanillo is located on this street, next to the Auditorium.

Initially General Enrique Meléndez and Doctor Herminio Gómez initiated an aid station. In 1954 the Rotario Club formed the delegation integrated by Fernando del Río, Anita Barragán de Villegas and Fernando Solórzano Alatorre. They were presidents of the patronage since 1954: Héctor Peralta Sierra, Lauro Rodríguez, Rafael Cordera Paredes, Alfonso Sahún, Jorge Ochoa Ruiz, Carlos Núñez Escobar, José Luis Moreno Pelayo, Carlos Ochoa Bonales, Wenceslao Cisneros Amaya, and Leticia Gómez Jiménez. The meritorious institution was located in the first level of the Municipal Presidency.

On 1956 Salvador Fonseca y Montero founded the institution of first aid. Club 20-30 donated the first ambulance. William Doran, of american nationality, enthusiastic collaborator of the Red Cross said once: My ashes will have to be scattered in the Bay of Manzanillo… and his desire was fulfilled.

The first commander of the first aid institution was the public accountant Carlos Férraez Matos. Mr. Alfredo Campos Gómez has collaborated for more than 30 years in first aids and in administrative functions. At the moment the President of the Patronage is Dr. Rigoberto Anguiano.

Se localiza en la calle Parotas, en el barrio I del fraccionamiento Valle de las Garzas, a un costado del Auditorio Manuel Bonilla Valle.

Se puede tener acceso en taxi y/o automóvil, siguiendo el boulevard Costero Miguel de la Madrid hasta el crucero con la Av. Elías Zamora Verduzco, se sigue sobre la avenida Elías Zamora Verduzco, a un costado del Auditorio se localiza la Cruz Roja Mexicana del Municipio de Manzanillo.

)Este Hospital Cuenta con:

* Atención de contingencias y desastres.

* Servicios Médicos Generales.

* Urgencias.

* Consultas de Medicina General.

* Quirófanos.

* Ambulancias.