The decision of the Department of Public Health and the Mexican Society of Tisiology to reduce tuberculosis in our country. It took shape with the creation in 1940 of the National Committee for the Fight Against Tuberculosis. Which, included in its immediate work program, the construction of what would initially be the Sanatorio Hospital “Dr. Manuel Gea González ”. That it would be destined to the care of advanced tuberculosis patients.
How was this hospital born?
Among that generation of doctors determined to put the advances of science at the service of the most vulnerable population. The figure of the doctor who gave its name to our Hospital, Dr. Manuel Gea González, stands out.
Eminent professor of surgical clinic at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. And one of the most important initiators of the National Campaign to Fight Tuberculosis.
By Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on November 23, 1946. The “Dr. Manuel Gea González ”, with its own legal personality and assets.
It was inaugurated on May 19, 1947 and began receiving tuberculosis patients on September 1 of the same year.
The institution received a vigorous boost as it transformed
When the Sanatorium Hospital assumed that pulmonary tuberculosis was curable, it went beyond the therapeutic measures of classical physiology (rest, food and climate). To the therapeutic measures of specialized pulmonology (pharmacology, pathogenesis and surgery). This led to advocating for the transformation of the Hospital Sanatorium into a research center.
Five years after its inception, the institution received a vigorous boost as it transformed. By Presidential Decree published on December 28, 1952, in the National Institute of Pulmonology “Dr. Manuel Gea González ”, preserving its character as a decentralized public body.
What makes it so important?
The hospital is certified by the General Health Council and provides health services in preventive, curative and rehabilitation aspects. It conducts clinical and experimental research studies and trains human resources for health.
In order to fulfill the aforementioned functions, the hospital has 63 offices, which consist of 55 specialties and has 212 census beds and 89 non-census beds. As well as 13 operating rooms, emergency units, intensive care, obstetric surgery, family planning, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy.
On the other hand, it has the assistants for diagnosis and treatment, clinical pathology, radiology and imaging. In addition to nuclear medicine, pathological anatomy, cytology, transfunctional medicine and genetics with clinical and laboratory areas, rehabilitation with areas of speech therapy and physical therapy.
Substantive activities are provided in three basic areas, preventive medicine, curative care, and rehabilitation.
Healthcare and teaching area
The hospital has 160 doctors, 430 nurses, 239 technicians and 28 paramedical professionals in the healthcare area.
The hospital participates as a Sentinel Hospital of the Epidemiological Surveillance Hospital Network (RHOVE), in which 133 hospitals throughout the republic are currently integrated.
Finally, within the medical activity there are numerous programs and specialty clinics with the purpose of granting, in those frequent or complex ailments, the best treatment option and taking advantage of the systematization for teaching and research.
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