Hospital Universitario de la Princesa

The Hospital Universitario de la Princesa is a hospital located in the Lista neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, part of the hospital network of the Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS).

Hospital Universitario de la Princesa
Geography
Location	Calle de Diego de León, 62, 28006, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
Organisation
Affiliated university	Autonomous University of Madrid
Network	Servicio Madrileño de Salud
Services
Beds	564
History
Opened	3 November 1955
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Spain

It is one of the healthcare institutions associated to the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) for the purpose of clinical internship.[1]

History

Lying on the block delimited by the streets of Diego de León, Conde de Peñalver, Maldonado and General Díaz Porlier,[1] it was a project of Manuel Martínez Chumillas, who had been involved with the GATEPAC group during the Second Republic.[2] Intending to replace the old Hospital de la Princesa built in the Paseo de Areneros (calle de Alberto Aguilera), it was inaugurated on 3 November 1955 under the name of Gran Hospital de la Beneficencia General del Estado.[1] The building works lasted however until 1956.[3] The hospital forms a 14-floor building complex.[4] Starting from 100 at the time of its opening, the effective bed usage steadily grew, reaching 761 beds in 1959.[1]

It was transferred from the State Administration to the regional administration of the Community of Madrid in 1985.[1] It was finally renamed as Hospital Universitario de la Princesa in 1994.[1] As of 2020 it has a capacity of 564 beds.[5]

References

Citations

1. Sánchez 2007.
2. Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas 2003, p. 31.
3. "Hospital Universitario de la Princesa". Guía de Arquitectura de Madrid. COAM.
4. M. Chumillas 1956, p. 3.
5. Méndez, Rafael (18 March 2020). "El mapa de cómo el Covid desborda Madrid: 400 graves en la UCI y un gran foco en Alcalá". El Confidencial.

Bibliography

• M. Chumillas, Manuel (1956). "Hospital de la Beneficiencia" (PDF). Revista Nacional de Arquitectura: 3–10. ISSN 0211-3376.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Pieltáin Álvarez-Arenas, Alberto (2003). Los hospitales de Franco: la versión autóctona de una arquitectura moderna (PDF). Madrid: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Sánchez, Mayka (31 December 2007). "Siglo y medio de Princesa". El País.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)