The Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón is a public
general hospital
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located at the neighborhood of
Ibiza
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in
Madrid
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, Spain, part of the hospital network of the
Servicio Madrileño de Salud
The Madrilenian Health Service ( es, Servicio Madrileño de Salud, SERMAS) is the body responsible for the system of Universal health care, public health services in the Community of Madrid. The SERMAS was created in 2001, as the functions and ser ...
(SERMAS).
It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the
Complutense University of Madrid
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(UCM) for the purpose of clinical internship.
History
A project of Martín José Marcide, it was built on the landplot delimited by the streets of Doctor Esquerdo, Doctor Castelo, Ibiza and Máiquez formerly occupied by the Hospital de San Juan de Dios. It was an enterprise of the provincial
''diputación''; the Provincial Hospital of Madrid/General Hospital of Madrid (an institution with more than four centuries of history)
moved to the new facilities. It was inaugurated by
Francisco Franco
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on 18 July 1968 under the name ''Ciudad Sanitaria Provincial Francisco Franco''. Years after the death of the dictator it was renamed, making a reference to
Gregorio Marañón
Gregorio Marañón y Posadillo, OWL (19 May 1887 in Madrid – 27 March 1960 in Madrid) was a Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer and philosopher. He married Dolores Moya in 1911, and they had four children (Carmen, Belén, María ...
, renowned physician. The hospital complex comprises more than 20 buildings.
It is a reference center in the fields of
cardiology
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and
oncology
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.
It particularly stands out at
heart transplantation
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in children.
As of 2017, it has 1,671 beds and 45 operating rooms.
Bibliography
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See also
*
List of hospitals in Spain
This is a list of hospitals in Spain.
Andalusia Cádiz
* Hospital La Línea de la Concepción, La Línea de la Concepción
* Hospital Naval de San Carlos (Military)
* Hospital of Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez de la Frontera
* Hospital of Pue ...
References
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Gregorio Maranzzon
Buildings and structures in Ibiza neighborhood, Madrid