Hospital Damas

Hospital Damas
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Hospital Damas, on the Ponce By-pass, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Geography
Location Ponce, Puerto Rico
Organisation
Funding Non-profit hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Services
Beds 331[1][2]
History
Founded 1863[3][4][5]
Links
Website http://www.hospitaldamas.com/

Hospital Damas, formerly called Santo Asilo de Damas, is a 331-bed teaching hospital[6] in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[7]

History

Hospital Damas was founded in 1863[8] as Santo Asilo de Damas by Sister Francisca Paz Cabrera, and it was attended to by the group known as Siervas de Maria (Servants of Mary) since 1891.[9][10]

The hospital was located in downtown Ponce, but on 6 May 1973 it moved to its current location at a new 10-story tower on the north side of the Ponce By-Pass.[11] The original location of Damas, as the current hospital is commonly called, is now home to Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell.

References

  1. Premio nacional para el Hospital Damas. Marie Estela Cestero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. HOSPITAL DAMAS INC - PONCE, PR. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. Premio nacional para el Hospital Damas. Marie Estela Cestero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. Trasfondo Historico de la Enfermeria en Puerto Rico. Maritza Acevedo. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez. Page 22. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  5. Legislacion Ultramarina, Volume 2. Joaquín Rodríguez San Pedro. Madrid. 1865. Page 201. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  6. Teaching Hospitals in the United States by state. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  7. Premio nacional para el Hospital Damas. Marie Estela Cestero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  8. Premio nacional para el Hospital Damas. Marie Estela Cestero. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  9. Gerardo Alberto Hernández-Aponte, La salud y la labor social: ministerio de las Siervas de María Ministras de los Enfermos en Puerto Rico (1887-1921). Con prólogo de Norma Valle. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, 2013, pp. 51-55.
  10. Trasfondo Historico de la Enfermeria en Puerto Rico. Maritza Acevedo. Sistema Universitario Ana G. Mendez. Page 22. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  11. Nuestra Historia. Hospital Damas. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2012.

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Coordinates: 17°59′49.68″N 66°37′03.98″W / 17.9971333°N 66.6177722°W / 17.9971333; -66.6177722


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