Hospital Escuela Eva Perón
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Hospital
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in the city of Granadero Baigorria
Granadero Baigorria
Granadero Baigorria is a city in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, located directly north of Rosario, on the western shore of the Paraná River, and forming part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area...
, part of the Greater Rosario
Greater Rosario
Greater Rosario is the metropolitan area of the city of Rosario, in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. This metropolis has a population of about 1.5 million , thus being Argentina's second most populated urban settlement, after Buenos Aires....
metropolitan area, in Santa Fe Province
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
, Argentina
Argentina
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. It is a public hospital
Public hospital
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, depending on the Health Ministry of the provincial state of Santa Fe and managed partly by an elected council. It is located on 1645 San Martín Avenue, which is a section of National Route 11.
The hospital has 137 beds for acute patients. It services the north of Greater Rosario (Granadero Baigorria, the north of Rosario proper, and Ibarlucea
Ibarlucea
Ibarlucea is a town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 2,549 inhabitants per the . It is located on National Route 34, immediately north-west of Rosario, forming part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area, and south of the provincial capital Santa Fe.The area was known as Kilómetro...
). It is the base hospital for 9 primary care
Primary care
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healthcare centers, comprising Programmatic Area I of Health Zone VIII.
The name of the hospital is an homage to Eva Perón
Eva Perón
María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...
, the renowned First Lady of Argentina in the mid-20th century and an icon of Peronism
Peronism
Peronism , or Justicialism , is an Argentine political movement based on the programmes associated with former President Juan Perón and his second wife, Eva Perón...
.