Metro Centro Médico

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Centro Médico Mexico City Metro

Hospital General Line 3 Etiopía

Patriotismo Line 9 Lázaro Cárdenas

Metro Centro Médico is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9

The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station. The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake.

Metro Centro Médico is directly connected with the main entrance of Centro Médico, by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display and an information desk.

Metro Centro Médico serves Roma Sur neighbourhood; it is located at the intersection of Cuauhtemoc Av. and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Aleman, important east-west highway. The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are nearby the historical French Cemetery, in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.