Maternidade Alfredo da Costa
| Maternidade Alfredo da Costa | |
|---|---|
| Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Rua Viriato,Avenidas Novas,Lisbon,Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38°43′57″N9°08′50″W/ 38.7324°N 9.1471°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | National Health Service |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Group III (Central Hospital) |
| Patron | Alfredo da Costa |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| History | |
| Opened | 5 December 1932 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Portugal |
Maternidade Alfredo da Costa(Portuguese pronunciation:[mɐtɨɾniˈðaðɨalˈfɾeðuðɐˈkɔʃtɐ],"Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital") is a publicCentral Hospitalserving theGreater Lisbonarea as part of theCentral Lisbon University Hospital Centre(CHULC), astate-owned enterprise.
Established in 1932 as a specialisedmaternity hospital,Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital was created to replace the old and increasingly inadequateEnfermaria de Santa Bárbara(Saint BarbaraWard), inSaint Joseph's Hospital,then the only maternity ward in the city.[1]It evolved into a national reference centre in the field ofobstetrics and gynaecology,social assistanceand scientific research;[1]it remains one of the largest maternity hospitals in the country (3,673 childbirths in 2017).[2]
Construction of the building, designed byVentura Terra,lasted from 1914 to 1932, and was significantly delayed by theFirst World War,increased construction costs, and a chronically under-funded budget.[3]It is named afterManuel Vicente Alfredo da Costa(1859–1910), eminent surgeon and pioneeringobstetricianwho had lobbied for the creation of a maternity hospital in Lisbon since 1898.
On 21 January 1983, Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital was made a Honorary Member of theOrder of Merit.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Maternidade Dr. Alfredo da Costa".chlc.min-saude.pt.Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central.Retrieved11 January2021.
- ^Campos, Alexandra (26 August 2018)."Só há cinco hospitais com mais de 3 mil nascimentos por ano"[There are only five hospitals with over 3 thousand births a year].Público(in Portuguese).Retrieved11 January2021.
- ^Nóbrega, João Dória (2012). "Maternidade Alfredo da Costa" [Alfredo da Costa Maternity Hospital]. In Penedo, Jorge (ed.).Omnia Sanctorum: Histórias da História do Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos e seus sucessores[Omnia Sanctorum: Stories of the History of All-Saints' Royal Hospital and its successors] (in Portuguese). Lisbon: By the Book. pp. 167–179.ISBN978-989-97317-6-9.
- ^"Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas".Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas.Retrieved12 January2021.