- At a national and international level, he is one of the best trainers of professionals of excellence.
- In 2022, it performed 116 transplants, treated 250,000 patients, and carried out more than one and a half million procedures.
- On January 6, 2016, the surgical tower was inaugurated, which houses the first hybrid operating room in Latin America.
When talking about health in our country, there are several care units that stand out from the rest due to their extensive history. A clear example occurs with the General Hospital of Mexico “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” because for 118 years it has been one of the pillars of the health union. It is even considered one of the largest schools in Latin America because it has been the trainer of various generations of medical and nursing professionals.
In that tenor, Marco Vinicio Gallardo Enriquezwho is head of the Administration and Finance Unit of the Ministry of Health, said that this hospital center has stood out for providing quality medical care and excellence. Also for being a privileged space for teaching, research and, above all, for its permanent commitment to the people of Mexico.
The hospital that has witnessed the recent history of the country
rated the General Hospital of Mexico as one of the main witnesses and actors in the history of national health. In the attention to the population affected by the earthquake of September 19, 1985, the AH1N1 influenza crisis or the COVID-19 pandemic. He also highlights success stories such as the 1,107 accumulated transplants.
In this regard, the general director of the hospital, Guadalupe Mercedes Lucía Guerrero Avendaño, explained that this hospital institution is prepared to care for patients from any part of the country who require specialized medicine and do not have social security.
He stressed that the hospital works every day to provide the best care through strategies such as the implementation of cutting-edge medical technologiesteaching and training in various areas of health, continuous improvement in care processes and infrastructure renovation, with the purpose of offering decent and quality facilities.
He presented a brief account of the activities carried out in 2022: 116 transplants, including one heart, 53 kidneys, 38 livers, 24 corneas and, for the first time in the hospital’s history, 13 multi-organ procurements and 23 tissue procurements.
They also attended more than 250,000 patients with more than a million and a half procedures such as laboratory and cabinet exams, surgeries and emergency services.
In this reopening ceremony of the auditorium, in the context of the activities for the 118th Anniversary of the founding of the General Hospital of MexicoGuerrero Avendaño maintained that the love and respect for life on the part of the staff has led to positioning it as the largest in Latin America.
Prior to the ceremony, the head of the Public Charity Patrimony Administration (APBP) of the Ministry of Health, Adrián Benítez Ruiz, delivered 500 hospital beds to the director of the hospital.
Benítez Ruiz stressed that, for more than a century, the APBP has delivered knee and hip prostheses, pacemakers, intraocular lenses, as well as medical equipment such as mammograms, radiant heat cradles and echocardiographs, among others.
Likewise, the plastic exhibition “Los espectros del corazón” was inaugurated, which is open to the public from February 17 to March 3 in the hospital’s Multiple Use Room.
History and characteristics of the General Hospital of Mexico
He General Hospital of Mexico “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” It was created as a decentralized body in 1905, with the aim of providing medical-surgical services and support for diagnosis and treatment. It currently has 43 specialties.
Conduct high-level research that has an impact on national and international scientific publications.
On February 9, 1907, the Nursing school. A year later, the first medical society headed by the doctors Eduardo Liceaga and Fernando López.
The Abraham Ayala González auditorium was inaugurated on February 6, 1978, intended for the academic and cultural activities of the General Hospital of Mexico and the Medical Society.
In recognition of his career in medicine, on July 19, 2012, the Ministry of Health assigned the Hospital General de México the name of its founder, the doctor Eduardo Liceaga.
On January 6, 2016, the surgical tower was inaugurated, which houses the first hybrid operating room in Latin America. It has areas for transplants, operating rooms, intensive care, gastroenterology, and hospitalization, in an area of more than 15,000 square meters of construction.
On March 14, 2020, it implemented a response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic, which considered the hospital conversion of 252 beds, while continuing to provide highly specialized care for other conditions.
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