- The origins of the hospital go back to 1524 when Fray Pedro de Gante began the construction of the chapel of San Pablo.
- While the official inauguration occurred until 1847 when it was enabled to care for the wounded from the North American intervention.
- It is currently one of the most important hospitals in Mexico thanks to the average care of 33 thousand patients annually.
range of hospitals that Mexico has it is quite extensive and is usually divided into those that have a long history but their facilities are obsolete and those that have just been inaugurated and have the latest technology. But although it may seem impossible, there is a space with more than a hundred years of official existence that has also established itself as one of the most modern in the country. Do you know which one it is?
The answer is quite simple and it is about the Downtown Juarez Hospital. It also stands out because it has promoted the use of cutting-edge technology in surgical interventions to reduce hospital stay. It also focuses on accelerating recovery, avoiding nosocomial infections and unnecessary medication for the 33,000 patients it serves each year with a staff of 294 workers.
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In an interview for the 175th anniversary of the hospital, its director, Santiago Alberto Vertiz Flores, stated that the hospital has nine surgical specialties. Is about General Surgery, Laparoscopy, Oncological Dermatology, Maxillofacial, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Urology and Coloproctology.
The team of specialists that works there performs laparoscopy, knee arthroscopy, antireflux, endoscopy, open appendectomy, digestive tube and bile duct interventions. In addition to gastrointestinal endoscopy studies, resection of lipomas, granulomas and cysts, among others.
It also has Immunoallergy and Cardiology services. In the latter, in addition to the specialty consultation, he performs ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure (ABPM), heart rate (Holter), echocardiography, and tilt table (tilt) studies.
Vertiz Flores indicated that the Hospital Management Model of Hospital Juárez del Centro It is based on the responsibility of its staff to preserve, promote, improve and recover the health of its patients in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost.
The director pointed out that the health professionals maintain the surgical vocation in each of the three thousand 400 interventions carried out each year. This allows patients to be discharged the day after their surgery and regain their health.
This unit trains dermatology specialists from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and undergraduate students from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN).
Likewise, it offers highly specialized courses in oncological dermatology, arthroscopic, joint and joint replacement surgery, endoscopic gynecological surgery and gastrointestinal endoscopic surgery; rotations and medical practices of Maxillofacial Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation and Clinical Laboratory, from which 160 professionals graduate annually.
The story of one of the most emblematic hospitals in Mexico
The history of the hospital goes back to the year 1524, when Friar Peter of Ghent began the construction of the chapel of San Pablo destined for the evangelization and education of the natives of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. In 1525, the Colegio de San Pablo was founded there, the largest in New Spain. While in 1847 it was enabled to care for the wounded from the North American intervention.
On the morning of September 19, 1985, a strong earthquake destroyed the Juarez Hospitalization Tower. It is estimated that more than a thousand people died between patients, medical personnel, nursing and other areas.
The San Pablo building was unable to provide hospitalization services, so funds were allocated to build new facilities. In September 1989, on Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Gustavo A. Madero City Hall, the new headquarters was inaugurated with the name of Hospital Juárez de México.
The Hospital Juárez del Centro, located in its original headquarters in the Plaza de San Pablo, Historic Center and which has 175 years of history, is directed by Dr. Santiago Alberto Vertiz Flores. While the Hospital Juárez de México, on Avenida Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) and with 33 years of existence, is headed by Dr. Gustavo Esteban Lugo Zamudio.
The São Paulo headquarters was converted into a short-stay medical-surgical unit to provide care adhering to the highest quality and safety standards.
It represents one of the most emblematic institutions, with the greatest tradition and significance in world medical history. Its mission is to maintain its mystique of work with a humanistic vision and heritage of its historical past. For this reason, it is an obligatory reference to understand the evolution of public medicine in favor of people living in conditions of vulnerability.
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