Víctor Larco Herrera Hospital
| Víctor Larco Herrera Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Av. del Ejército 600 |
| History | |
| Opened | January 1, 1918 |
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| Website | Government site |
Víctor Larco Herrera National Hospital (Spanish: Hospital Nacional Víctor Larco Herrera) is a psychiatric establishment founded in 1918 in the district of Magdalena del Mar, Lima, Peru.
History[edit]
On January 1, 1918, the Asilo Colonia de la Magdalena was inaugurated as an establishment for the care of the mentally ill in the city of Lima, which replaced the old Hospital Civil de la Misericordia. Its first director was the doctor Hermilio Valdizán. On January 1, 1919, the landowner and philanthropist Víctor Larco Herrera was appointed inspector of the Asylum, who donated the sum of S/. 1 million for the expansion of the new hospital. In 1921 the asylum took the name of its benefactor as its eponym and in 1930 it was renamed the "Víctor Larco Herrera" Hospital, a name it retains to this day.[1][2][3][4]
According to Luis Arturo Vílchez Salcedo, a psychiatrist at the facility, this was one of the first places specialized in psychiatry along with the Noguchi and Hermilio Valdizán hospitals.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Valdizán, Hermilio (1934). Víctor Larco Herrera: El hombre – La obra. Santiago.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Lastres, Juan B. (1951). Historia de la medicina en el Perú (in Spanish). Vol. III: La medicina en la República. Lima: UNMSM.
- ^ Valdivia Ponce, Oscar (1964). Historia de la psiquiatría peruana (in Spanish).
- ^ Caravedo Prado, Baltasar (1985). La reforma psiquiátrica en el Perú (in Spanish). Lima: Clínica Baltazar Caravedo.
- ^ Jimenez, Mery (2023-11-28). "La sacrificada labor de un médico del Larco Herrera y las enseñanzas que le dejó su profesión: "Ingresar a un hospital psiquiátrico es un mundo aparte"". Infobae.
