CONTRIBUCIONES DE LA ESPAÑA INTERIOR A LAS INFRAESTRUCTURAS HOSPITALARIAS DEL SIGLO XX:

Abstract

In order to have a deep understanding of the development of health in Spain, it is decisive to approach the sanitary equipment built singularly during the third quarter of the 20th century, and further away from the major capitals. Despite their relative modesty, these hospital had a decisive relevance in the areas furthest away from the centres of research and development of Spanish medicine, especially in the less developed regions. In addition to the resources provided by the national system, the contribution of the Provincial Councils in terms of hospital equipment managed to guarantee practically universal coverage to the citizens of these territories, despite the certain formal and endowment restraint of these hospitals. We will go deeper into this by looking at the case of Zamora as an example of the moderate contributions of inland Spain. To this end, we resorted to the study of the documentation produced by the governmental institutions and the Provincial Council itself, as well as to the analysis of the architectural projects of the hospital promoted in the 1960s. In this way, we study the response provided by this hospital, which was later incorporated into the regional health system, until it was demolished in 2015.