Hospital Muñiz

Hospital Muñiz
Autonomous City Government of Buenos Aires

Hospital Muñiz, ca. 1900
Geography
Location Uspallata 2272  Buenos Aires  Argentina, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Coordinates 34°38′15″S 58°23′37″W / 34.637616°S 58.393627°W / -34.637616; -58.393627Coordinates: 34°38′15″S 58°23′37″W / 34.637616°S 58.393627°W / -34.637616; -58.393627
Organisation
Care system Public
Funding Government hospital
Hospital type Teaching
Services
Speciality Infectious Diseases
History
Founded 1882 (Casa de Aislamiento)
1904 (Hospital Muñiz)
Links
Website http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/hospitalmuniz

The Infectious Diseases Hospital “Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz" is a public metropolitan hospital serving Buenos Aires, Argentina and the surrounding area since 1882. As the name implies, the hospital specializes in Infectious Diseases. The address for the hospital is Uspallata 2272 and is located in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios in Buenos Aires.

History

The Infectious Diseases Hospital Francisco Javier Muñiz (in Spanish: Hospital de Infecciosas “Dr. Francisco Javier Muñiz") is the oldest Infectious Diseases hospital in Latin America. It is over 100 years old and has a history worthy of pride. It became known as "Hospital of the pests" or the "Plague Hospital" and was preceded by the old House of Insulation, which served as a quarantine station during epidemics of cholera, yellow fever and smallpox. The new House of Insulation, built in the neighborhood of Parque Patricios ("Barracks Hospital"), was renamed in 1904 in memory of Francisco Javier Muñiz, an Argentine military doctor in the mid-nineteenth century, naturalist, paleontologist, Senator, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Its technical name is "Porteño Care Centre and National Reference Regional Infectious-Contagious Disease". It receives numerous national and foreign undergraduate and postgraduate students in its Departments of Infectious Diseases and Respiratory Diseases.[1]

Hospital Size

When first opened, Hospital Muniz had more than 1,100 hospital beds; the number of beds is now about 400.[2]

HIV

80% of the cases handled by this hospital are now linked to HIV and AIDS. The first case of HIV in Buenos Aires appeared in 1984 and was treated at Hospital Muñiz.[3]

Current Mission

All infectious disease are treated at this hospital to include tuberculosis, pneumonia, botulism, leptospirosis, tetanus, leprosy, among others. The hospital Muñiz is a national and regional reference to address them. For example, five years ago he acted against the alleged threat of anthrax, analyzing 8,000 samples.[4]

Patient Population

The majority of patients are now are treated as outpatients in the Hospital. It is believed that 80% of patients arrive from the interior parts of the country, and not from the city of Buenos Aires. The hospital built a pavilion for inmates due to the high rate of infection of the AIDS virus in the national prisons. The Hospital also has "Unit 29" whose function is to serve the children of mothers carrying the HIV virus.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Laval, E (August 2012). "[Historical notes on Infectious Diseases Hospital Francisco Javier Muñiz in Buenos Aires, Argentina].". Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia 29 (4): 468–72. PMID 23096553.
  2. ↑ Cosseddu, Paul (June 2012). "Hospital de Infecciosas, Dr. Francisco Muñiz". botanico sur. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Cosseddu, Paul (June 2012). "Hospital de Infecciosas, Dr. Francisco Muñiz". botanico sur. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Cosseddu, Paul (June 2012). "Hospital de Infecciosas, Dr. Francisco Muñiz". botanico sur. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Cosseddu, Paul (June 2012). "Hospital de Infecciosas, Dr. Francisco Muñiz". botanico sur. Archived from the original on June 22, 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

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