Hospital General station
Metrobús · 3 Line 3
Neighbouring stations
- 3Line 3Jardín Pushkin Hospital General Doctor Márquez
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The story behind the icon
The station icon represents the international symbol of the Red Cross. The station takes its name from the nearby Hospital General, and is also a transfer station with Line 3 of the STC Metro. With the arrival of the Spanish on the new continent came several religious orders which, under the medieval notion of "Charity", provided the first hospital services in the old tradition of being at once inns, orphanages, almshouses and sanatoriums; in 1524 the first of them opened in Mexico, the Hospital de la Concepción de Nuestra Señora. Just as the Spanish empire began its decline, medical practice in hospitals began to evolve, and what now mattered was restoring patients to health. This change in medical thinking prompted the government to take control of health institutions, and so the notions of human rights, charity and medical care were raised into the concept of "Public Welfare", more in keeping with the social and political changes brought about by the independence movement of 1810. During the nineteenth century, on the basis of the Reform Laws of 1859, the state took charge of health policy.
In 1855 the drafting of the First Mexican Sanitary Code under the direction of Dr Eduardo Liceaga prompted, among other things, a group of distinguished physicians of the day to create and present a project for a General Hospital. On 22 November 1895 the preliminary construction project was presented, and on 1 April 1897 work began on a thoroughly forward-looking hospital based on modern European models.
On 5 February 1905 the Hospital General de México began operating, inaugurated by President Porfirio Díaz in the presence of Dr Eduardo Liceaga and its first director, Dr Fernando López. It is worth noting that spending on public health services began to be taken into account in the federal budget. On 3 October 1906 the hospital began its history as a cornerstone of the training of health professionals in Mexico by establishing the country's first School of Nursing. The main role of the Hospital General throughout this time has been to provide care and preventive health services to millions of Mexicans. It is a great support to the universities that train students in these health fields, serving as a teaching hospital, and its researchers have stood out for their contributions to the advance of medicine. Out of this institution grew the National Institutes of Nutrition and of Cardiology, which went on to form part of the country's most important health institutions.
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