San Bartolomé National Hospital

[3] Vadillo confirmed the need for an establishment of this type, since it happened then that when a black slave stopped being productive, whether due to illness or old age, the master gave him freedom, to avoid taking charge of his care.

[4] The facility suffered the ravages of the 1687 earthquake, being partially rebuilt by Sergeant Major Manuel Fernández Dávila, who was the hospital's butler.

[6] In 1821 it began to be used to serve the soldiers of the liberating army, especially the Colombians who arrived to fight for the independence of Peru.

[6] In 1858 the Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul joined, to dedicate themselves to the administrative part.

[5] In 1988 it moved to the large premises located on the eighth block of Alfonso Ugarte Avenue, which until then had been the headquarters of the Institute of Neoplastic Diseases.

Patio of the former premises of the hospital.
The hospital in the 19th century.