THE PROCESS OF LAICIZACION OF THE HOSPITAL IN THE CAPITAL OF THE REINO DE GUATEMALA (XVI-XIX)
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Universidad Industrial de Santander
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El artículo recorre la penosa historia de los hospitales en la capital del Reino de Guatemala, una historia que no deja duda sobre las limitaciones de la política de asistencia caritativa a los enfermos pobres durante los primeros tiempos de la época colonial. El trabajo está centrado en el momento en el cual la orden de San Juan de Dios que había sido el actor principal de la actividad sanitaria, a pesar de una legislación borbónica que paulatinamente restringía sus facultades, es reemplazada por una junta de caridad que asocia más claramente el mundo seglar al destino de dichos centros con la voluntad de mejorarlos. El texto examina a la vez algunos aspectos importantes del funcionamiento de los hospitales, en particular los Hospitales de Belen y San Juan de Dios a finales del siglo XVIII y principios del siglo XIX, presenta ciertos elementos aferentes al presupuesto, a los gastos, a la población hospitalaria y a los empleados y enfatiza sobre el relativo menosprecio de los notables hacia el sistema hospitalario que lo condenaba a ser un mera antesala de la muerte.
The article traces the painful history of hospitals in the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala, a story that leaves no doubt about the limitations of the policy of charitable assistance to poor patients in the early days of the colonial era. The work is centered on the point at which the Order of St John of God which had been the main actor in the health care activity, despite Bourbon legislation restricting its powers gradually is replaced by a board of charity associated more clearly the secular world to the fate of these centers will be improved. The text examines both important aspects of the functioning of hospitals, including Belen Hospital San Juan de Dios in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, it has certain elements afferent to the budget, the cost to the hospital patients and employees and emphasizes the relative neglect of the notable ones toward the hospital system that condemned him to be a mere prelude to death.
The article traces the painful history of hospitals in the capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala, a story that leaves no doubt about the limitations of the policy of charitable assistance to poor patients in the early days of the colonial era. The work is centered on the point at which the Order of St John of God which had been the main actor in the health care activity, despite Bourbon legislation restricting its powers gradually is replaced by a board of charity associated more clearly the secular world to the fate of these centers will be improved. The text examines both important aspects of the functioning of hospitals, including Belen Hospital San Juan de Dios in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, it has certain elements afferent to the budget, the cost to the hospital patients and employees and emphasizes the relative neglect of the notable ones toward the hospital system that condemned him to be a mere prelude to death.