[5] In the 1970s, Doctors César Bergadá, Ricardo Dodds, Leonardo Mc Lean and Enrique Malbrán were looking for "a university hospital that would fulfill the triple goal of teaching, researching and assisting, providing society with professionals with the best technical education and the highest human training."

[8] Austral University's Academic Health Centre, of which the Hospital is a part, has had seven members in the Argentinian National Academy of Medicine to date: the late César Bergadá[9] and Leonardo Mc Lean,[10] Miguel Tezanos Pinto,[10] Enrique Malbrán,[11] Pedro Saco,[11] Raúl Valdez[11] and José Navia.

She is the hostess of the annual charity gala held to raise funds for the pediatric area, with the aim of improving high-complexity care for children.

[29] The COVID Austral Solidarity Hospital operated during 2020 and was created exclusively to care for serious COVID-19 patients referred by the public health system.

[30] It was promoted with the help of foundations and private companies,[31][32] such as Techint Group, Bayres Bau Werke construction company,[33] foundations such as Sura, Pérez Companc, Phillips, Itaú Bank, Los Pibes, Bunge y Born,[34] Cámara Industrial de Laboratorios Farmacéuticos Argentinos (CILFA), Southworks, Sullair, entre otros.

[40] Austral University Hospital's headquarters are located at 1500 Juan Domingo Perón Avenue, in the municipality of Pilar, Buenos Aires province.

[41] The Hospital has invested in highly complex equipment for 2022 and 2023, such as the positron emission tomograph (PET), resonators and gamma cameras, as well as the implementation of computer systems such as electronic medical records and management software for the different areas of the institution.

[43] It currently has 220 beds, 10 operating theatres and performs approximately 1,600 surgeries per month in the speciality wards and care centres within the same hospital space.