Basilio Sánchez

[2] Between 1933 and 1940, he directed the Dispensario San Rafael, Pichilemu's first health organization, created years before by fellow physician Eugenio Díaz Lira.

[3] The directorship of Pichilemu Hospital, through his mayorship, was delegated to a doctor of Italian origin surnamed Matasi.

[1] His council was composed of the regidores Héctor Greene Valverde, Carlos Echazarreta Iñiguez, Alberto Araneda Concha, and Sergio Morales Retamal.

[5] Upon the completion of his mayoral term, he returned to the direction of the local hospital, and continued in that role until 1976.

Just before resigning, Sánchez brought to the hospital two physicians from the University of Concepción, who were welcomed in a ceremony by then mayor Eduardo Parraguez Galarce.

Former mayor Felipe Iturriaga and Sánchez after his naming as Illustrious Son of Pichilemu