2023-06-24 08:12:50
In a quality ranking of hospital institutions prepared by the specialized company Global Health Intelligence, the Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín of the University of Buenos Aires was positioned first in the list of Argentine public hospitals, in various categories.
This compendium is assembled based on the data stored in HospiScopea database that collects updated information from Latin American hospitals, accumulating more than 140 specific data for each institution and covering about 90% of the hospitals in the countries of the region.
He Hospital of Clinics was distinguished “first” for being better equipped in the subject of “advanced diagnostic imaging” and obtained second place among all institutions -and first among public ones- for having the largest infrastructure for performing a high volume of procedures. He achieved this award thanks to his thirty operating rooms. To this was added the distinction in the category referring to “the largest amount of basic surgical equipment” since it has 31 surgical tables, 32 basic and advanced electrocautery and 25 anesthesia machines.
Finally, the international report highlighted this hospital in the category “Better equipped for primary diagnosis”, “Better equipped for advanced diagnostic imaging” y “For high risk patients”.
As explained by Dr. Marcelo Melo, current director of this hospital-school, “these recognitions place us, without a doubt, as one of the best public hospitals in the country.”
In the HospiRank 2023 list, Clínicas participated together with other Argentine public hospitals such as Garrahan, El Cruce and Julio Méndez Municipal and some private ones, such as the Italiano de Buenos Aires, the Suizo Argentina Clinic and Maternity Hospital, the Güemes Sanatorium and the Southern Hospital.
The Clínicas, located in Barrio Norte, is a true miniciudad since more than 10,000 people circulate per day through its building, including patients, relatives, doctors, teachers, students and non-teaching staff. Every year about 360,000 consultations are attended and about 8,000 surgeries are carried out.
haptic map
Another hospital that is also a pioneer is the garrahan. In this case, for being the first pediatric institution in the country to offer a haptic map that serves to facilitate the location and circulation of people with blindness or visual impairment.
this plane facilitates spatial location, autonomous management and the integration of people with visual disabilities. The initiative was framed within the inclusion policies articulated between the Hospital and the National Disability Agency. And it consists of a graphic with textures, contrasting colors and the universal Braille system that can be interpreted by people with visual disabilities. After the inauguration it was located at the entrance of the Pichincha hall.
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