The Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón is a public

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located at the neighborhood of

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, Spain, part of the hospital network of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS). It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the

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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

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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 – 27 March 1960) was a Spanish physician, scientist, historian, writer and philosopher. He married Dolores Moya in 1911, and they had four children (Carmen, Belén, María Isabel and Gregor ...

, renowned physician. The hospital complex comprises more than 20 buildings. It is a reference center in the fields of

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and

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. It particularly stands out at

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in children. As of 2017, it has 1,671 beds and 45 operating rooms.

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