[Reminiscence of the "Relief Houses" that operated in rural Chile between 1931 and 1945].
In June 1929, the medical charity inspectors (Isauro Torres and Enrique Laval M.) submitted to the Direction of the Institution a plan for the normalization of all hospitals, which was approved by the Central Board at its meeting on 19 July of that year. The plan was to phase in the hospital action from the First-aid Posts or "Relief Houses" to the large referral hospitals. The "Relief House" would become the initial phase of hospital organization, located in rural areas. Finally, we emphasize that the Relief Houses were establishments for preventive and curative medicine in rural areas.
Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile, revinf@sochinf.cl.
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D002677:Chile; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000266:history; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000266:history*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000266:history*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000266:history