Hospital Cruz Roja - Córdoba, Andalucía, España
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Ariberna
N 37° 52.813 W 004° 47.068
30S E 343067 N 4194026
The Red Cross hospital is a private hospital managed by the Spanish Red Cross non-profit organization and is located next to the Almodóvar gate , in the old municipal nurseries .
Waymark Code: WM18B41
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 07/01/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
Views: 6

"It was planned in 1930 and opened three years later. Since then, it has offered hospital services to patients from private companies.

History
Inaugurated on January 31 , 1933 on municipal land ceded by the Córdoba City Council for this purpose, the Red Cross had been pursuing its own hospital since the first years in which the organization tried to establish itself permanently in the city, end of the 19th century, being in the year 1898 when Pelayo Correa Duimowich was elected president of the Board.

It was in the 10s and 1920s when the Red Cross was able to carry out its work in different existing hospital establishments in the city, such as the Military Hospital, the Agudos hospital, the Asilos Madre de Dios or the Huerta de los Hospital. Trinitarians.

The first location of a Red Cross hospital was on Montemayor street at number 2, opening in 1923 . In 1924 , at 90 Don Rodrigo street , another house was acquired where the hospital was moved, counting this one with 16 beds,

In the year 1933 , the hospital that has survived to this day is founded. It should be noted that in 1956 the first open heart operation took place."

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Emblem(s): Red Cross

Type: Building

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