| Hospital del Salvador | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Santiago, Providencia, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°26′14″S70°37′30″W / 33.4371°S 70.6249°W Coordinates: 33°26′14″S70°37′30″W / 33.4371°S 70.6249°W |
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| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | December 7, 1871 |
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| Lists | Hospitals in Chile |
The Hospital del Salvador is a hospital in central Santiago, Chile. The hospital is located in the commune of Providencia.
The hospital was founded on December 7, 1871, during the presidency of Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, in response to the high number of deaths caused by epidemics in Santiago. [1] [2] The foundation stone was laid on the site of the former Mercedarian convent on January 1, 1872. Construction was delayed by economic problems and by the War of the Pacific (1879–84). [1] [2] In 1888 a new hospital was designed by the architect Carlos Barroilhet, it was approved four years later. [1] [2]
Part of the hospital facade was destroyed by the 1985 Chile earthquake, this was soon repaired. Also in 1985, the main facade, the chapel, the buildings, halls and the park within the building complex were declared as historical monuments. [1] [2]
The hospital's ophthalmic trauma unit treated the majority of the eye injuries during 2019–2020 Chilean protests. [3] [4] On October 21, 2019, a record twenty patients with eye injuries arrived at the hospital, ten within one hour. [5]
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Events of 2019 in Chile.
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Primera Línea is the name for a loose collective of protesters, mostly hooded or with partially covered faces, dedicated to physically confronting Chilean riot police, that is, through acts of civil disobedience, in the context of the 2019–2021 Chilean protests. In the words of a member "it's about contesting [state] power". The Primera Línea is made up of an assortment of individual citizens and grassroots organizations called "clans", lacking central authority. A wide range of sympathetic organizations support Primera Línea providing them with aid, food and legal advice. Members are of diverse backgrounds, including labourers, immigrants, university students and sports fans. In addition, 16 hooded minors were detained and identified as part of this strike force, which were placed at the disposal of the National Service for Minors (Sename). The term also applies to the collectives operating in other Latin American countries like Colombia.
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The 2019–2020 Chilean protests are characterised by widespread eye injuries, including many globe ruptures, among protesters as result of Chilean riot police's use of "rubber" bullets and tear gas grenades. Data from the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) shows that the use of "rubber" bullets and pellets by security forces has left at least 1863 injured, including 268 with eye problems. According to the Chilean Ophthalmology Society, this is the highest number of injuries of this type registered during protests or in conflict zones in the world. In late November, security forces announced the suspension of the use of "rubber" pellets as a crowd control method in the protests. The INDH updated figures at the end of January 2020 reporting that 427 persons had received eye injuries at the hands of the police. Almost 90% of the injured are men. As of early January 2020 the age of injured goes from 14 to 59 years, and averages 28 years.
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