Hospital de Clínicas Dr. Manuel Quintela is a hospital in the Parque Batlle neighborhood of

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, Uruguay. It belongs to the Faculty of Medicine of the

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. It functions as a general hospital, and is a general reference institution. The building was designed by architect Carlos Surraco in 1928–1929. The Hospital was inaugurated on 21 September 1953. For many years it was led by Hugo Villar, who was a considerable influence on the institution. The hospital has a built-up area of 110,000 m2 on 23 floors arranged.

Areas of specialization

Neonatology Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn. It is a hospital-based specialty, and is usually practised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The ...

* Dermatology * Endocrinology * Geriatrics *

Hematology Hematology ( always spelled haematology in British English) is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the produc ...

Nephrology Nephrology (from Greek'' nephros'' "kidney", combined with the suffix ''-logy'', "the study of") is a specialty of adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (ren ...

* Neurology * Gastroenterology * Oncology * Psychology * Psychiatry * Physical medicine and rehabilitation *

Gynaecology Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined are ...

* Neurosurgery * Cardiac surgery * Ophthalmology *

Otorhinolaryngology Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...

* Urology *

Dentistry Dentistry, also known as dental medicine and oral medicine, is the branch of medicine focused on the teeth, gums, and mouth. It consists of the study, diagnosis, prevention, management, and treatment of diseases, disorders, and conditions o ...

* Plastic surgery * Anesthesiology * Radiology * Nuclear medicine * Anatomical pathology *

Hemotherapy Hemotherapy ( ) or hemotherapeutics ( ) is the treatment of disease by the use of blood or blood products from blood donation ( by others or for oneself). It includes various types, such as: * Blood transfusion * Packed red blood cells transfusio ...

Electroencephalography Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex ...

* Toxicology * Centro Nacional de Quemados (''National Center for Burns'') * Instituto Nacional de Donación y Trasplante (''National Institute for Donation and Transplantation'') * Laboratorio de Exploración Funcional Respiratoria (''Laboratory of Functional Respiratory Exploration'') Hospital de Clínicas DrMQ

Authorities

The Board of Directors is made up of representatives of teachers, graduates, students and non-teaching officers.

List of directors

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20120315011705/http://www.hc.edu.uy/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=60 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hospital de Clinicas Hospital buildings completed in 1953 Hospitals in Montevideo Hospitals established in 1953