Campo de Mayo Military Hospital

Campo de Mayo Military Hospital (Hospital Militar Campo de Mayo «Cirujano Primero Dr. Juan Madera» – Hospital General 602) is a healthcare institution of the Argentine Army, located on Avenida Tte. Grl. Pablo Ricchieri in Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province. It forms part of the Argentine Army's network of military hospitals and operates under the Estado Mayor General del Ejército (Army General Staff) through the Dirección General de Salud (General Directorate of Health), within the orbit of the Ministry of Defense of the Presidency of the Nation. The hospital is a key provider of medical services to military personnel and their families, and it has also played significant roles in national events, including receiving wounded soldiers during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict and supporting the civilian community during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Its history is also marked by its use as a site of clandestine births during the 1976–1983 military dictatorship, a period of state terrorism. Today it continues to function as an active military health center.

The Campo de Mayo Military Hospital, officially named Hospital Militar Campo de Mayo «Cirujano Primero Dr. Juan Madera» and designated Hospital General 602, is a medical facility of the Argentine Army. It is located on Avenida Tte. Grl. Pablo Ricchieri in Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province. The hospital is part of the Argentine Army's military hospital network and reports to the Army General Staff through the General Directorate of Health, under the Ministry of Defense. During the 1976–1983 military dictatorship, the hospital was the site of clandestine births as part of the systematic appropriation of minors by the regime. In the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War, the hospital served as a reception center for wounded soldiers from the battlefield; casualties began arriving on 25 April 1982, peaking on 29 June 1982 with over 800 patients. It continued to provide care to war veterans afterward. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a deployable military hospital (Hospital Militar Reubicable) was set up near the facility as reinforcement, installed in March 2020 under the General Directorate of Health.

• Hospital served as a reception center for wounded soldiers during the Falklands/Malvinas War; first casualties arrived on 25 April 1982.

• Peak of wounded reception on 29 June 1982, with over 800 patients.

• Deployable Military Hospital (HMR) installed in March 2020 as reinforcement during COVID-19 pandemic.

A key military healthcare provider within the Argentine Army's medical network, combining peacetime medical support with emergency and humanitarian assistance roles.

Product categories. Military medical services · Emergency care · Surgical services · Rehabilitation services · Veterans' healthcare

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