O’Higgins Hospital’s Cultural Heritage Commemoration Day
This coming Saturday, May 27th and Sunday, May 28th, Cultural Heritage Day is being celebrated, because as many health establishments in the O’Higgins region are opening activities approaching this important community.
“This is exactly what he says Mercedes Hospital of Chimbarongo, where for this Saturday the 27th of May from 3:00 am to 5:30 am in front of the old hospital, the “Exhibition of the heritage of Chimbarongo Hospital” will be held, where the elements used in the work will be displayed. community support that developed in the said closure from 1966 until 2017, the day it moved to the new building. Also, in the hall and the northern corridor, the play “The Tenth of the Pagans: Velorio del Angelito” will be presented at 6:00 a.m. Both activities are part of the Heritage Tour that includes the Cono Sur Vineyard, the Church of San José and the old Chimbarongo Hospital”, director of O’Higgins Health, Jaime Gutiérrez, who extended the invitation to be part of the community of various activities that will come to the heritage cultural memory of the day.
Similarly, the Libertador Bernardo O’Higgins Regional Hospital has developed different activities for the public for several years, and since 2018 commemorates this day with photographic exhibitions. “The photographic material is now available as a tribute to all health workers who are working in the Covid-19 pandemic, which is open to the public on the 3rd floor of the health center,” explained Gutiérrez.
But not only this weekend is special, there are also some that will be in the next few days. “We have commemorative activities in” San Fernando Hospitalwhich highlights the discourse and tradition of the book “Miracle of the Andes (fourth edition)” by Professor Pedro Marchant and Dr. Written by Jorge Balocchi (recently from the constitution of health), where they tell the story of what happened, what happened. after the Uruguayan tragedy 50 years ago and where the hospital was responsible for the diagnosis, care and recovery of 9 survivors. At the aforementioned time of Wednesday, May 31, at 4:00 am in the Official Dining Room (internal action, reduced by capacity)”, Gutiérrez pointed out.
In the same way, on Monday, May 29, there is a nurse and midwife held at the Regional Hospital, “and for this we invite the whole hospital and the user community to observe and enjoy the transition of the history of the main health facility. the region in images and art.” (Source: O’Higgins Health Service)
This Saturday, May 27, from 3:00 am to 5:30 am in front of the old hospital, there will be an “Exhibition of the heritage of Chimbarongo Hospital”.
