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Víctor Larco Herrera National Hospital ( es, Hospital Nacional Víctor Larco Herrera) is a psychiatric establishment founded in 1918 in the district of
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 ''
Magdalena del Mar
Magdalena del Mar, commonly known simply as Magdalena, is a seaside district of the Lima Province in Peru and one of the districts that comprise the city of Lima. Its current mayor is Carlomagno Chacón Gómez. Magdalena was officially establishe ...
, Lima, Peru.
History
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
The Hospital Civil de la Misericordia, also known as the Hospicio de Insanos or Manicomio del Cercado, was a mental institution that operated in the former Quinta Cortés of the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in Lima, Peru, between the years 1 ...
''. 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.
See also
*Hospital Civil de la Misericordia
The Hospital Civil de la Misericordia, also known as the Hospicio de Insanos or Manicomio del Cercado, was a mental institution that operated in the former Quinta Cortés of the neighbourhood of Barrios Altos, in Lima, Peru, between the years 1 ...
References
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