Hospital Pulido Valente is a
hospital
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located in the
civil parish
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of
Lumiar
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, in the
Portuguese municipality
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of
Lisbon
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. The hospital is dedicated mainly to
Pulmonary care medicine, being the biggest hospital of this speciality in
Portugal
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.
History
A plan by architectural landscaper Francisco Caldeira Cabral and an architectural project authored by Vasco Morais Palmeiro Regaleira was established in 1947.
The DGEMN ''Direcção Geral dos Edifícios e Monumentos Nacionais'' (''General Directorate for Buildings and National Monuments'') was involved in public works between 25 April 1928 and 27 April 1953 resulting in the expansion, remodeling and adaption of the hospital.
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As part of these plans, in 1951, construction began on a ]preventorium
A preventorium was an institution or building for patients infected with tuberculosis who did not yet have an active form of the disease. Popular in the early 20th century, preventoria were designed to isolate these patients from uninfected indivi ...
and re-organization of the operating block, by the ''Direcções dos Serviços de Construção e Conservação'' (''Directorates for Construction and Conservation Services'').[ Five years later, construction began on an experimental pavilion, that included 60 beds, in addition to conservation projects and work on the kitchen by the Directorates. The following year work began on the first wing of a new sanitorium, which continued in the next year.][ The completed work included the completion of a crematorium, the execution of the a major part of the civil construction work, remodeling and expansion of the Radiology Services and sanitarium's Surgery block. Work began on the ''Serviços Industriais'' (''Industrial Service'') block, that included laboratory, pharmacy services, and deposits; installation of the distribution channels for electricity to many of the buildings, including transformation post, along with accesses and exterior landscaping. In addition, the chapel in the sanitorium was refurbished.][
In 1959, equipment and furniture were installed for the satellite unit of the sanitorium, by the ''Comissão para Aquisição de Mobiliário'' (''Furniture Acquisition Commission'').][
In 1961, during phase two of the public project, saw expansion of pathological anatomy block, cardiology and operator rooms, improvements of the central heating and conservation work on the Lambert de Morais Pavilion, by the ''Serviços de Construção e de Conservação''.][
The extinction of the Pulmonary Emergency block, after a political decision in 1997, left the hospital without the possibility of using a specialized facility. The crisis in the Pulmonary Care Medicine Department, resulted in a reduction of staff and the exit of junior physicians caused by the restructuring in the National Health Care System in 2003.]
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Pulido Valente
Hospitals with year of establishment missing
Hospitals in Lisbon