In this way, the figures of Argentine doctors were chosen Cecilia Grierson and Ramon Carrillo to illustrate the obverse of the bill, while the reverse will have a tribute to the National Institute of Microbiology Dr. Carlos G. Malbrán.
as far as he could tell AmbitAccording to official sources, the highest denomination banknote will be ready to start circulating in the second half of 2023, although the exact date is still defined.
Who were Cecilia Grierson, Ramón Carrillo and Carlos Malbrán
The Dr. Cecilia Grierson She was the first doctor in Argentina, graduated in 1886 from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. She worked as an obstetrician and kinesiologist, but she was never able to work as a surgeon because of her status as a woman, despite having the qualifying title of the specialty.
She created the First School of Nursing in Latin America with a formal curriculum, and was also a founding member of the Argentine Medical Association. She also pioneered the idea of opening first aid rooms in different towns to help with primary care for the sick. She played a key role during the cholera epidemic that affected the City of Buenos Aires in 1886.
He Dr. Ramon Carrillo He was a neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, sanitary doctor and the first Minister of Health of the Nation. Carrillo graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires, in 1929, with a Medal of Honor. He was also Full Professor of the Chair of Neurosurgery at the Faculty of Medicine and abandoned his brilliant career as a neurologist to dedicate himself to the development of social medicine (sanitary).
Carrillo made a great transformation in the public health of our country from a social conception of medicine. He is recognized for the legacy of his ideas, principles and foundations of his actions, among which is the following: “All men have an equal right to life and health.”
The National Administration of Laboratories and Health Institute Dr. Carlos Malbrán It is a decentralized public body, whose fundamental mission is to participate in scientific and technical policies related to health aspects of the public sphere. It was formally founded in 1893 with the aim of producing biological products to treat infectious diseases.
The institution adopted the name of the famous doctor in 1941. Important scientists such as Nobel Prize winners Bernardo Houssay and César Milstein worked at the Malbrán. The professionals who today carry out tasks in this institution were responsible for carrying out the analyzes and detecting the cases of coronavirus during the hardest times of the pandemic.
Source: Ambito
