title: [Parochial hospital of San Bernardo, Chile: serving the community for over a century].
abstract: The Parochial Hospital of San Bernardo is an intermediate complexity hospital that functions in its original 115- year- old building. It is one of the oldest hospitals in the country. Driven by the local Catholic Church and despite multiple difficulties, the hospital has uninterruptedly served a progressively growing community, with medical care and spiritual support. In the last two decades, it also has incorporated teaching activities with Universidad de los Andes Medical School.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Santiago, Chile. respinoza@uandes.cl
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Espinoza G
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D002677:Chile; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D016519:Hospitals, Religious / Q000266:history*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000266:history*