Dos de Mayo National Hospital
Dos de Mayo National Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Barrios Altos, Lima, Peru |
History | |
Former name(s) | Hospital Real de San Andrés |
Opened | February 28, 1875 |
Dos de Mayo National Hospital (
History
The hospital dates back to the creation of the Hospital of Our Lady of the Conception (Spanish: Hospital de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción) in 1538, located at the Jirón Lima, next to the current Convent of Santo Domingo. The hospital was later moved to the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, where it became known as the Royal Hospital of Saint Andrew (Spanish: Hospital Real de San Andrés),[2] operating until President Pedro Diez Canseco decreed the founding of a modern and larger hospital due to the needs of the time. Its construction was funded by the surplus income of the Charity of Lima, the existing fund of the brotherhoods that was in deposit and a government allowance amounting to S/. 2,000 per month.[3] It lasted six years and seven months in total.[2]
The new hospital was inaurugated on February 28, 1875, by then president
On October 5, 1885, sixth-year medical student Daniel Alcides Carrión succumbed to his condition at the hospital. Carrión had been studying the link between the so-called Oroya fever and Peruvian wart. The disease later became known as Carrion's disease, and every year the Day of Peruvian Medicine is celebrated on the anniversary of his death.[4] Carrión is buried in a mausoleum on the premises of the hospital,[5] and was declared a national hero on October 7, 1991.[6]
The
For fifty years, inspectors of the Charity of Lima was in charge of managing the hospital, who were chosen from among the members of the institution; Starting in 1921, the first medical director was appointed, who was Dr. Leonidas Avendaño.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "La historia de San Andrés, el hospital más antiguo del Perú en donde se halló un cementerio colonial". La República. 2022-11-03.
- ^ a b c d "Reseña Histórica: Historia del Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo". Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo.
- ISBN 9972-205-70-3.
- ISBN 9972-625-50-8.
- ^ (in Spanish) Department of Health / History of Dos de Mayo Hospital Archived 2007-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Spanish) Ministerio de Salud – Detalles Archived 2008-06-11 at the Wayback Machine; Department of Health
- ISBN 84-599-1820-3.