Development of Obstetrics in Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Authors

  • Rafael Abelardo Cardet Fleites Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Carol Cardet Sánchez Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Frank E. Ibargollín Hernández Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

obstetrics/history

Abstract

An investigation was made; it includes the names of many of the doctors who devoted themselves to obstetrics in the province of Villa Clara in the early twentieth century; unlike the nineteenth century, which had very few doctors in this field. It was found that the first obstetric hospital in Villa Clara was inaugurated on 30 December 1928, as well as the Hospital de la Maternidad de Oña in the municipality of Sagua la Grande, which opened that same year. In the municipality of Remedios, it seems there was a wooden hospital, called San Juan de Dios, which provided medical assistance to pregnant women already in 1726. In Placetas, the organized care to pregnant women began to be provided in 1959. The Mariana Grajales Provincial Hospital in Santa Clara was inaugurated on May 25, 1959, just months after the triumph of the Revolution.

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Author Biographies

Rafael Abelardo Cardet Fleites, Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I y II Grado en Ginecología y Obstetricia. Profesor Consultante de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Carol Cardet Sánchez, Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Oftalmología. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz”.

Frank E. Ibargollín Hernández, Hospital Militar Clínico Quirúrgico “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Especialista de I Grado en Urología

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How to Cite

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Cardet Fleites RA, Cardet Sánchez C, Ibargollín Hernández FE. Development of Obstetrics in Santa Clara, Villa Clara. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2011 Jan. 13 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];5(1):70-83. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/555

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): January-March. Special Issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Section

Culture and Medicine

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