Hospital Provincial del Centenario (Rosario)
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The Hospital Provincial del Centenario (Spanish, Centennial Provincial Hospital) is a general hospital
in Rosario
, Argentina
, which depends on the Health Ministry of the provincial
state of Santa Fe
. It is a public hospital
, managed partly by an elected council.
The HPC is located about ten blocks from the center of the city, on Urquiza St. and Francia Avenue. The hospital and the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario share a large area of 2-by-2 blocks and are communicated by inner passages.
The hospital has 183 beds and services the north and north-west part of Rosario as well as neighboring towns in the west of the Greater Rosario
metropolitan area. It is the base hospital for 9 primary care
centers (in administrative terms, Programmatic Area II of Zone VIII of the Santa Fe Ministry of Health).
The name of the hospital derives from its initial planning as part of the commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution
of 1810. In fact the hospital was built in several stages, and did not acquire its present form until much later than 1910.
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in Rosario
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the ....
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, which depends on the Health Ministry of the provincial
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
state of Santa Fe
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
. It is a public hospital
Public hospital
A public hospital or government hospital is a hospital which is owned by a government and receives government funding. This type of hospital provides medical care free of charge, the cost of which is covered by the funding the hospital receives....
, managed partly by an elected council.
The HPC is located about ten blocks from the center of the city, on Urquiza St. and Francia Avenue. The hospital and the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional de Rosario share a large area of 2-by-2 blocks and are communicated by inner passages.
The hospital has 183 beds and services the north and north-west part of Rosario as well as neighboring towns in the west of the Greater Rosario
Greater Rosario
Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. This metropolis has a population of about 1.5 million , thus being Argentina's second most populated urban settlement, after Buenos Aires....
metropolitan area. It is the base hospital for 9 primary care
Primary care
Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
centers (in administrative terms, Programmatic Area II of Zone VIII of the Santa Fe Ministry of Health).
The name of the hospital derives from its initial planning as part of the commemoration for the 100th anniversary of the May Revolution
May Revolution
The May Revolution was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, a Spanish colony that included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay...
of 1810. In fact the hospital was built in several stages, and did not acquire its present form until much later than 1910.