2023-08-14 01:10:06
The hospital was founded in 1905 with the aim of providing medical-surgical services and support for diagnosis and treatment.
This hospital receives nearly 1,500 doctors each year from 22 states across the country to do their rotation.
It currently offers 83 specialty and high specialty courses in Urology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Medical Genetics, Cardiology, Traumatology and Orthopedics, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hematology and Anesthesiology.
He General Hospital of Mexico “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” is a fundamental pillar in the training of undergraduate, specialty and subspecialty doctors and nurses. It also stands out in the areas of respiratory therapy, nutrition, psychology, rehabilitation and others, informed the general director, Guadalupe Mercedes Lucía Guerrero Avendaño.
The official announced that the medical center under her receives nearly 1,500 rotating medical students each year from 22 states.
“The General Hospital of Mexico is committed to the training and comprehensive development of future health professional leaders. It is a pride for those of us who work in this hospital to contribute to our country having young doctors and specialists committed to quality and warmth in care.”
Specialty and high specialty courses offered
Since its founding in 1905, the General Hospital of Mexico has trained health professionals in classrooms, internships and educational programs adapted to the needs of each era, as well as 83 specialty and highly specialized courses in Urology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Medical Genetics, Cardiology, Traumatology and Orthopedics, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Hematology and Anesthesiology.
Guerrero Avendaño stressed that the study plans and programs established with higher education institutions provide young people with all the tools, knowledge, and values to face the challenges of the future and lead positive social change for the benefit of the Mexican population.
He General Hospital of Mexico It is a reference institution in medical care, generation of knowledge and national and international education. In February of this year, diplomas were awarded to 249 graduates of specialty and high specialty that were prepared in its facilities.
Brief history of the General Hospital of Mexico
The hospital 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.
It carries out high-level research that has an impact in 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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