Hospital Rosales
hospital and cultural heritage site in El Salvador
National Hospital Rosales (Spanish: Hospital Nacional Rosales) is a hospital located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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. When José Rosales, a former president of El Salvador and businessman, died on 6 April 1891, his will allocated 500,000 pesos to help finance the hospital as Rosales had "no legal heirs" ("al no tener herederos forzosos"). Construction began a few days later on 12 April.
Salvadoran president Pedro José Escalón inaugurated the completed hospital on 13 July 1902 and named it in Rosales' honor. 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.
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. Salvadoran president Salvador Sánchez Cerén initiated renovations of Hospital Rosales.
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