title: [Brief history of hospital care in Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico].
abstract: This paper presents the history of hospital care in Tapachula, Chiapas. Hospital services began 100 years ago. At present there is one government hospital, hospitals of the Social Security systems, private hospitals and one hospital of the Mexican Red Cross. Hospital services have been oriented to attend labor and delivery, infectious diseases, malnutrition and accidents.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Juárez 14, Casa 11, Col. Tlacopac San Angel, 01040 México, D.F., México. gfortiz@servidor.unam.mx
authors.forename: Guillermo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fajardo-Ortiz
mesh_terms: D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006761:Hospitals / Q000266:history*; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D008800:Mexico; D012011:Red Cross / Q000266:history