translated from Spanish: History: Dr. Graciela Rojas is the first woman to lead the Hospital Clínico of the U. of Chile

With a long history of clinical, academic and research, Dr. formed in the House of Bello and the University J. W. Goethe Frankfurt, marked a milestone in the 67 years of history of the hospital grounds to become the first woman who assumes its default address to the.
“I have made this tremendous challenge – which in my opinion has a character that transcends the scope of University purely – because this hospital plays a very important role in the formation of human resources in health that our society needs,” said Graciela Rojas, specialist in Psychiatry and mental health.
In this sense, new Director for the emergency that must be dealt with promptly fall in “complete renewal of equipment projects committed to the Ministry of health, and we have to improve the infrastructure in the most critical areas”, He said.
On the other hand, it is also necessary to “modernize the management of human resources that is the cornerstone of the institution”, said the Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile, who also directed between 2002 and 2010 the psychiatric clinic of the same House of studies.
“We must strengthen the positioning of the Hospital in public space, continuing with successful campaigns – such as the HIV – and bringing in educational campaigns on health at the population level. With the efforts of all we must get the institutional certification”, he said.

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