Spanish Hospital (Uruguay)
The Spanish Hospital or Hospital Español is a hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is located on Avenida Garibaldi 1729, between the neighborhoods of El Reducto and La Figurita.
| Hospital Español Dr. Juan José Crottogini | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Garibaldi Avenue 1729 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1909 |
| Links | |
| Website | Hospital Español |
| Lists | Hospitals in Uruguay |
History
The institution arose on the initiative of the Spanish community with the name Hospital Asilo Español, which provided free assistance to those most in need. The sovereign assembly was held in 1886, and after several difficulties the Spanish Hospital was inaugurated in 1909.[1]
The Spanish Hospital began to suffer serious financial problems in 2000, and the directors withdrew from the institution in 2003. A commission of officials, retirees and neighbors took control of the center, and managed to turn it into a free public hospital under the tutelage of the State Health Services Administration (ASSE),[2] being reopened in 2007 with the name of the doctor and politician Juan José Crottogini. [3]
In 2020, after the coronavirus outbreak in Uruguay, the Spanish Hospital is the first COVID-19 center in the country. The infected patients were transferred to conditioned facilities.[4][5]
References
- "El Hospital Español uruguayo, resiste viva una herencia de más de un siglo". www.efe.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Hospital Español: 10 años integrado al Sistema Público" (PDF).
- "El Sanatorio Español ya es historia". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2006-03-27. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Álvaro Delgado anunció que "el Hospital Español será el centro Covid-19 en Uruguay"". Montevideo Portal (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- "Hospital Español será centro de referencia para pacientes con coronavirus". subrayado.com.uy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-03-22.