Abstract

SOARES, Manoel do Carmo Pereira  and  NUNES, Heloisa Marceliano. Evandro Chagas and his hospitals: settling the controversy over the Hospital do Instituto Evandro Chagas in Belém, Pará State, Brazil. Rev Pan-Amaz Saude [online]. 2016, vol.7, n.esp, pp.11-14. ISSN 2176-6215.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s2176-62232016000500002.

Based on the importance of hospitals, this article aims to examine the foundation, functioning, and closing of the Hospital do Instituto Evandro Chagas, located in Belém, Pará State, Brazil, in the 1940s. The article reflects on a particular aspect of the history of the Instituto Evandro Chagas and how it has led to the progress of integrated institutional work since the times of the Instituto de Pathologia Experimental do Norte.

Keywords : History of Medicine; History of Public Health; Tropical Medicine.

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