A necessary commemoration

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Keywords:

pediatric hospital, history, trajectory

Abstract

Introduction: on July 31, 2020, it was sixty years since the inauguration, by the then Minister of Public Health of Cuba, Dr. José Ramón Machado Ventura, of the Provincial Pediatric Hospital “José Luis Miranda”.
Objective: to summarize aspects related to the history of the hospital.
Method: a bibliographic review was carried out including articles published in local media, original documents from the hospital and personal interviews.
Development: the hospital started with only 120 beds and 28 doctors and its first director was Dr. Carlos Martínez Reyes, an outstanding revolutionary doctor and combatant of the 26th of July Movement. In the following years it gradually increased its services and assistance tasks.
Conclusions: it is necessary to increase the interrelation between the institution and the community organizations and to prosper in the adequate treatment of admitted children and their relatives. The younger ones are nurtured by the experience accumulated by those with more years of work, but all with the same goal: to maintain the emblem of Cuban Pediatrics: “nothing is more important than a child”.

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Author Biographies

José Andrés Ores Viego, Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Universitario "José Luis Miranda"

Especialista en Pediatría y Nefrología. Presidente del Capítulo de Villa Clara de la Sociedad Cubana de Pediatría.

José Ramón Ruiz Hernández, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara

Doctor en Medicina. Especialista en I y II Grado en Organización y Administración de Salud. Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud. Profesor Auxiliar y Consultante en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

Ivis Gómez Vera, Hospital Provincial Pediátrico Universitario "José Luis Miranda"

Licenciada en Gestion de la Informacion en Salud. Profesora Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara.

References

1.Inaugurado ayer el Hospital “José Luis Miranda”. El Villareño; 1960.

2.La madre como acompañante del niño hospitalizado en nuestras unidades. Normas para su reglamentación. Experiencias obtenidas. El Villareño; 1965.

3.Interésase Fidel por la madre acompañante. Vanguardia; 1968.

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Published

2022-04-04

How to Cite

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Ores Viego JA, Ruiz Hernández JR, Gómez Vera I. A necessary commemoration. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2022 Apr. 4 [cited 2025 Aug. 22];16(2):392-5. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1464

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2022): April-June

Section

Culture and Medicine

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