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San Juan De Dios Hospital (Santiago)
The San Juan de Dios Hospital is a public hospital located in Santiago, Chile. It is part of the public healthcare network in the western portion of Santiago Metropolitan Region, providing health services to residents of Santiago, Quinta Normal, Lo Prado, Renca, Cerro Navia and Pudahuel within the borders of the city. It also provide healthcare to patients from the Melipilla Province, including Melipilla, Alhué, Curacaví, María Pinto and San Pedro; as well as the Talagante Province, which includes the municipalities of Isla de Maipo, El Monte, Padre Hurtado, Peñaflor and Talagante. Established in 1552, it is the oldest hospital institution in Chile. The hospital complex consists of four buildings: the main tower, the Centro Diagnóstico y Terapéutico (CDT) Prof. Dr. Rodolfo Armas Cruz, the Ex Posta 3 and the Centro de Diabetes y Nutrición Helen Lee Lassen. History The San Juan de Dios Hospital was created shortly after the foundation of Santiago and is considered to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Hospital
A public hospital, or government hospital, is a hospital which is government owned and is fully funded by the government and operates solely off the money that is collected from taxpayers to fund healthcare initiatives. In some countries, this type of hospital provides medical care free of charge to patients, covering expenses and wages by government reimbursement. The level of government owning the hospital may be local, municipal, state, regional, or national, and eligibility for service, not just for emergencies, may be available to non-citizen residents. Americas Brazil The Brazilian health system is a mix composed of public hospitals, non-profit philanthropic hospitals, and private hospitals. The majority of the low- and medium-income population uses services provided by public hospitals run by either the state or the municipality. Since the inception of 1988 Federal Constitution, health care is a universal right for everyone living in Brazil: citizens, permanent residents, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talagante Province
Talagante Province ( es, Provincia de Talagante, ) is one of six provinces of the Santiago Metropolitan Region in central Chile. The capital is the city of Talagante, located approximately southwest of the national capital of Santiago. The most northeastern part of the province is included in the Santiago conurbation. Administration As a province, Talagante is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial delegate who is appointed by the president. Communes The province comprises five communes (Spanish: ''comunas''), each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council: * Isla de Maipo * El Monte *Padre Hurtado * Peñaflor *Talagante Geography and demography The province spans an area of , the smallest in the Santiago Metropolitan Region. According to the 2002 census, Talagante was the fourth most populous province in the region with a total population of 188,572. At that time, there were 188,572 people living in urban are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quinta Normal Park
Quinta Normal Park is an urban park in the city of Santiago, Chile. The park is in a commune, or district of the same name, Quinta Normal. The park is bounded by Matucana Avenue to the east, Portales Avenue to the south and Santo Domingo Street to the north. It is home to several museums, including the Chilean National Museum of Natural History. Near the park is the Museum of Memory and Human Rights. The park is also near a public library. The park can be accessed by the Santiago Metro via the metro station that bears its name. The park was founded in 1841 for greenhouses to cultivate foreign plant species. The park is . The park is home to a railroad museum. The park is a place for children with a new water feature that children can play in and paddle boats. At the back of the park there are standing grills that anyone can use, to have a barbecue. In 1875 it was the site of the Chilean International Exhibition. Across the street from the north side of the park lies the Sanctua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teaching Hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located with medical schools. Teaching hospitals use a residency program to educate qualified physicians, podiatrists, dentists, and pharmacists who are receiving training after attaining the degree of MD, DPM, DDS, DMD, PharmD, DO, BDS, BDent, MBBS, MBChB, or BMed. Those that attend a teaching hospital or clinic would practice medicine under the direct or indirect supervision of a senior medical clinician registered in that specialty, such as an attending physician or consultant. The purpose of these residency programs is to create an environment where new doctors can learn to practice medicine in a safe setting which is supervised by physicians that provide both oversight and education. History The first teaching hospital where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Chile
In Chilean historiography, Colonial Chile ( es, link=no, La colonia) is the period from 1600 to 1810, beginning with the Destruction of the Seven Cities and ending with the onset of the Chilean War of Independence. During this time, the Chilean heartland was ruled by Captaincy General of Chile. The period was characterized by a lengthy conflict between Spaniards and native Mapuches known as the Arauco War. Colonial society was divided in distinct groups including Peninsulars, Criollos, Mestizos, Indians and Black people. Relative to other Spanish colonies, Chile was a "poor and dangerous" place. Society Societal groups The Chilean colonial society was based on a caste system. Local of criollos (American born Spaniards) enjoyed privileges such as the ownership of encomiendas (Indian labour jurisdictions). Moreover, they were allowed to access some public charges like corregidor or alférez. Mestizos initially made up a small group. In time, they made up the bulk of Chilean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers Hospitallers Of Saint John Of God
The Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God, officially the Hospitaller Order of the Brothers of Saint John of God (abbreviated as O.H.), are a Catholic religious order founded in 1572. In Italian they are also known commonly as the Fatebenefratelli, meaning "Do-Good Brothers", and elsewhere as the "Brothers of Mercy", the "Merciful Brothers" and the "John of God Brothers". The order carries out a wide range of health and social service activities in 389 centres and services in 46 countries. Founder St John of God, the founder of the order, was born 8 March 1495 at Montemor-o-Novo in Portugal. Twice he enlisted in the Spanish army against the French and later the Turks."Saint John of God", Saint John of God Hospitaller Services, UK After years of living a highly religious way of lif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iglesia De San Francisco, Santiago De Chile
The San Francisco Church (Spanish: ''Iglesia de San Francisco'') is a Franciscan church on Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins, in the downtown of Santiago de Chile. The church, along with the adjacent convent, is one of the oldest colonial-era buildings in the country. It has been resistant to about 15 earthquakes of magnitude over 7. History The church was consecrated in 1622. The first bell tower was destroyed by an earthquake in 1647 and its collapse caused damage in a part of the choir. The rest of the building successfully resisted it. In 1730 another earthquake badly damaged the rebuilt tower, which was demolished in 1751. The current bell tower is of Victorian architecture and was constructed in the mid-1800s. Its architect was Fermín Vivaceta and features a distinctive clock. In the early years of the 20th century, a part of the convent was sold and demolished to build the Barrio París-Londres. The other part is the current home of the Museo Colonial. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alameda (Santiago)
Avenida Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins ( en, General Liberator Bernardo O'Higgins Avenue), popularly known as La Alameda (meaning, a street bordered by poplar trees), is the main avenue of Santiago, Chile. It runs east-west in the center of the greater urban area and is long, and it has up to 5 lanes in each direction. It was named after Chile's founding father Bernardo O'Higgins. It was originally a branch of the Mapocho River. History The avenue is located on the former stream bed of a branch of the Mapocho River, which was drying up between 1560 and 1580. Such landforms were known by the Spaniards as '' Cañadas'', and from there the origin of its initial name of ''Cañada''. For many decades it was used as a landfill site, until it was converted into a boulevard by Bernardo O'Higgins during the first years of independence of the country and was named as ''Alameda de las Delicias''. Description Alameda Avenue originates immediately west of the Plaza Baquedano, as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro De Valdivia
Pedro Gutiérrez de Valdivia or Valdiva (; April 17, 1497 – December 25, 1553) was a Spanish conquistador and the first royal governor of Chile. After serving with the Spanish army in Italy and Flanders, he was sent to South America in 1534, where he served as lieutenant under Francisco Pizarro in Peru, acting as his second in command. In 1540 he led an expedition of 150 Spaniards into Chile, where he defeated a large force of indigenous warriors and founded Santiago in 1541. He extended Spanish rule south to the Biobío River in 1546, fought again in Peru (1546 – 48), and returned to Chile as governor in 1549. He began to conquer Chile south of the Biobío and founded Concepción in 1550. He was captured and killed in a campaign against the Mapuche. The city of Valdivia in Chile is named after him. Early life as soldier in Europe and arrival in the Americas Pedro de Valdivia is believed to have been born in Villanueva de la Serena (some say Castuera) in Extremadura, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Memoria Chilena
''Memoria Chilena'' (Spanish for ''Chilean Memory'') is a Chilean cultural website which, according to its own words, "offers investigations and documents related to key topics which make up the Chilean identity, accessible through the areas of history, literature, social sciences, music, and visual arts." ''Memoria Chilena'' is, also, a virtual library, which preserves material from the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile and other institutions from the Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM). History The original idea of ''Memoria Chilena'' was conceived in 2001. The website states that, "until now, our objective has been to spread through the Internet the cultural heritage of Chile, contributing to the recuperation, preservation and strengthening of our historic memory." Organization ''Memoria Chilena'' organizes its material through topic sites (sitios temáticos), which "approach processes, events, people or relevant works from the Chilean cultural and historic imaginar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talagante
Talagante () is a commune and the capital city of the province of the same name in the Santiago Metropolitan Region of central Chile. The word ''Talagante'' in Quechua comes from ''talacanta'', meaning "Lazo de Hechicero", which was the proper name of the ''curaca'', or ruler, who dominated this central valley on behalf of the Inca empire during the arrival of the Spaniards. Geography Talagante can be found in the Chilean Central Valley at an elevation of , to the southwest of the national capital of Santiago. The commune spans an area of . Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Talagante spans an area of and has 59,805 inhabitants (29,468 men and 30,337 women). Of these, 49,957 (83.5%) lived in urban areas and 9,848 (16.5%) in rural areas. The population grew by 132800% (59,760 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Administration As a commune, Talagante is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a munici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peñaflor, Chile
Peñaflor () is a city and commune of the Talagante Province in central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Geography It can be found in the Chilean Central Valley approximately southwest of the metropolitan area of Santiago. The commune spans an area of . Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Peñaflor spans an area of and has 66,619 inhabitants (32,671 men and 33,948 women). Of these, 63,209 (94.9%) lived in urban areas and 3,410 (5.1%) in rural areas. The population grew by 32.8% (16,471 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Administration As a commune, Peñaflor is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-2016 alcalde is Manuel Fuentes Rosales ( UDI), and his council members are: * Jorge Kellendonk Numhauser ( UDI) * Teresita Acevedo Lara (IND) * Guillermo Donoso Aguilar ( UDI) * Jorge Navarrete Urzua ( PS) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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