Hospital Rosales

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National Hospital Rosales
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Hospital Rosales in 2013
Hospital Rosales
Geography
Location San Salvador, El Salvador
Coordinates 13°42′02″N89°12′24″W / 13.70056°N 89.20667°W / 13.70056; -89.20667
History
Construction started12 April 1891;134 years ago (1891-04-12)
Opened13 July 1902;123 years ago (1902-07-13)

National Hospital Rosales (Spanish : Hospital Nacional Rosales) is a hospital located in San Salvador, El Salvador.

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History

In 1883, French architect and artilleryman Joseph Albert Touflet created plans to build a new general hospital in San Salvador. The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul helped negotiate the donation of land on a hill west of San Salvador to build the hospital. [1] When José Rosales Herrador, a former president of El Salvador and businessman, died on 6 April 1891, [2] his will allocated 500,000 pesos to help finance the hospital as Rosales had "no legal heirs" ("al no tener herederos forzosos"). [3] [4] Construction began a few days later on 12 April. [1]

Salvadoran president Pedro José Escalón inaugurated the completed hospital on 13 July 1902 and named it in Rosales' honor. [4] Several of El Salvador's first medical procedures occurred at Hospital Rosales, including the first caesarean section in 1917, brain tumor removal in 1918, and heart suture in 1929. [5]

In 1989, the Legislative Assembly declared part of the hospital to be a national monument. In 2008, the hospital handled 6,500 patients monthly and had 1,800 employees. [5] Salvadoran president Salvador Sánchez Cerén initiated renovations of Hospital Rosales. In 2023, President Nayib Bukele began new construction at hospital Rosales which health minister Francisco Alabí said would triple the hospital's capacity. [6] [7]

Architecture

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A state of José Rosales Herrador in front of Hospital Rosales

Hospital Rosales was built on a hill then on the outskirts of San Salvador. The hospital consists of three 2-story buildings built in a neoclassical and neo-Gothic style. The main structure was erected using a then-popular and innovative building technique known as the Danly system, invented by the Belgian engineer Joseph Danly. [8] The Danly system consisted in the erection of a wrought iron structure, strengthened with cast iron connecting pieces and clad with thin, galvanized and embossed prefabricated iron panels. The hospital has a statue of Rosales in its central rose garden. A metal bridge on the hospital grounds used to cross the now-paved Coco stream. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Cañas Dinarte, Carlos (11 January 2025). "Los Constructores Europeos del Hospital Rosales" [The European Builders of Hospital Rosales]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Leistenschneider, María & Leistenschneider, Freddy (1980). Gobernantes de El Salvador: Biografías [Governors of El Salvador: Biographies] (in Spanish). Ministry of the Interior. p. 145. OCLC   7876291 . Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Cañas Dinarte, Carlos & Scarlett Cortez, Violeta (2006). Aguilar Avilés, Gilberto & De Aguilar, Lilian (eds.). Historia del Órgano Legislativo de la República de El Salvador: 1824–2006 [History of the Legislative Organ of the Republic of El Salvador: 1826–2006](PDF) (in Spanish) (II ed.). San Salvador, El Salvador: Albacrome. p. 134. OCLC   319689765. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  4. 1 2 Orellana, Jessica (25 July 2022). "120 Años de Construcción: Así fue el Nacimiento del Hospital Rosales" [120 Years of Construction: This is How Hospital Rosales was Born]. El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Chávez, Carlos (18 May 2008). "El Hospital de Hierro" [The Iron Hospital]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Ayala, Flor (29 April 2025). "El Nuevo Hospital Rosales Abrirá "Pronto" y Contará con Emergencia 24 Horas, Asegura Ministro de Salud" [New Hospital Rosales Will Open "Soon" with a 24-Hour Emergency Wing, Assures Minister of Health]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  7. ↑ López, Griselda (14 July 2025). "Nuevo Hospital Rosales Incrementará Hasta un 300% la Capacidad de Atención, Según el Ministro de Salud" [New Hospital Rosales Will Increase Care Capacity by 300%, According to Minister of Health]. La Noticia SV (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  8. ↑ Chávez, Carlos (18 May 2008), "El hospital de hierro" [The iron hospital], laprensagráfica.com (in Spanish), archived from the original on 28 June 2008, retrieved 31 August 2023
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