The Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre is a public district general hospital in the neighborhood of Orcasur, in Madrid, Spain. It is part of the hospital network of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS).
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | |
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Geography | |
Location | Avenida de Córdoba 41, 28026, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Teaching , District General |
Affiliated university | Complutense University of Madrid |
Network | Servicio Madrileño de Salud |
Services | |
Beds | 1,256 |
History | |
Opened | 2 October 1973 |
Links | |
Lists | Hospitals in Spain |
It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) for the purpose of clinical internship.[1]
History
editThe architectural project was led by Martín José Marcide , who had Fernando Flórez Plaza and Miguel Tapia-Ruano Rodrigáñez as collaborators,[2][3] Federico Mestre Rossi and José Martí Barceló were the leading structural engineers.[4] The floor plan followed the X-shaped structure characteristic of buildings such as the Memorial Unit's Grace-New Haven Community Hospital or the Wesley Foundation Memorial Unit in Chicago.[4] For the lower floors a sui generis hexagonal-based outline was also employed.[5] Built in 18 months, it was inaugurated by Francisco Franco on 2 October 1973 under the name of Ciudad Sanitaria 1º de octubre ("October 1st Health City"), a nod to his appointment as Head of State on 1 October 1936.[5] Years after the death of the dictator, on 12 October 1988, the name was changed to "12 de Octubre".[6]
As of 2017, it has 1,256 beds.[7]
References
edit- Citations
- ^ "Centros Sanitarios Adscritos para las Prácticas Clínicas". Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
- ^ Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas 2003, p. 107.
- ^ "Hospital 12 de Octubre". Guía de arquitectura de Madrid. COAM.
- ^ a b Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas 2003, p. 110.
- ^ a b Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas 2003, p. 112.
- ^ Lamata 1998, p. 247.
- ^ González, Marco (14 December 2018). "La 'paradoja' del Hospital 12 de Octubre: más urgencias e ingresos… pero menos camas". El Boletín.
- Bibliography
- Lamata, F. (1998) [1994]. "Cambio de nombre: Hospital 12 de Octubre". Marketing Sanitario. Madrid: Ediciones Díaz de Santos. ISBN 84-7978-157-2.
- Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas, Alberto (2003). Los hospitales de Franco: la versión autóctona de una arquitectura moderna (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.