Erasto Gaertner Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
Coordinates | 25°27′12″S 49°14′20″W / 25.45333°S 49.23889°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Cancer Hospital |
Services | |
Beds | 153 |
History | |
Opened | 11 June 1955 |
Links | |
Website | http://erastogaertner.com.br |
The Erasto Gaertner Hospital is a health institution in Curitiba, in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It specializes in the clinical and surgical treatment of patients with oncological diseases. [1]
The Erasto Gaertner Hospital was created on the initiative of Dr. Erasto Gaertner, who, on 2 January 1952, donated a land of 62,500 square metres (673,000 sq ft) to the Paraná League for Combat of Cancer (Liga Paranaense de Combate ao Cancer - LPCC) for the construction of what today is the Erasto Gaertner Hospital. On 11 June 1955, the hospital's cornerstone was placed. [2]
Before being officially inaugurated, patients with cancer were treated since 1970 when Paulo Pimentel, governor of Paraná State, donated a cobalt pump, that allowed 47 sessions of radiotherapy per day. The local community and volunteers gathered resources to finalize and effectively inaugurate the Erasto Gaertner Hospital on 8 December 1972. [2]
In the beginning, the Erasto Gaertner offered basic clinical and surgical care, attending few patients in an operating room, with a radiotherapy device and the cobalt pump. [2]
Nowadays, the hospital is considered the largest cancer treatment center in South Brazil. [3]
Erasto Gaertner Hospital | |
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| |
Geography | |
Location | Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
Coordinates | 25°27′12″S 49°14′20″W / 25.45333°S 49.23889°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Cancer Hospital |
Services | |
Beds | 153 |
History | |
Opened | 11 June 1955 |
Links | |
Website | http://erastogaertner.com.br |
The Erasto Gaertner Hospital is a health institution in Curitiba, in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It specializes in the clinical and surgical treatment of patients with oncological diseases. [1]
The Erasto Gaertner Hospital was created on the initiative of Dr. Erasto Gaertner, who, on 2 January 1952, donated a land of 62,500 square metres (673,000 sq ft) to the Paraná League for Combat of Cancer (Liga Paranaense de Combate ao Cancer - LPCC) for the construction of what today is the Erasto Gaertner Hospital. On 11 June 1955, the hospital's cornerstone was placed. [2]
Before being officially inaugurated, patients with cancer were treated since 1970 when Paulo Pimentel, governor of Paraná State, donated a cobalt pump, that allowed 47 sessions of radiotherapy per day. The local community and volunteers gathered resources to finalize and effectively inaugurate the Erasto Gaertner Hospital on 8 December 1972. [2]
In the beginning, the Erasto Gaertner offered basic clinical and surgical care, attending few patients in an operating room, with a radiotherapy device and the cobalt pump. [2]
Nowadays, the hospital is considered the largest cancer treatment center in South Brazil. [3]