Hospital Escuela Eva Perón

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Facilities of the Eva Perón Hospital

The Hospital Escuela Eva Perón (Spanish, Eva Perón School Hospital) is a general hospital in the city of Granadero Baigorria, part of the Greater Rosario metropolitan area, in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. It is a public hospital, depending on the Health Ministry of the provincial state of Santa Fe and managed partly by an elected council. It is located on 1645 San Martín Avenue, which is a section of National Route 11.

The hospital has 137 beds for acute patients. It services the north of Greater Rosario (Granadero Baigorria, the north of Rosario proper, and Ibarlucea). It is the base hospital for 9 primary care healthcare centers, comprising Programmatic Area I of Health Zone VIII.

The name of the hospital is an homage to Eva Perón, the renowned First Lady of Argentina in the mid-20th century and an icon of Peronism.