On the new $2000 bill will be the Malbrán Institutethe doctor Cecilia Grierson and the doctor Ramon Carrillo, but who was this neurosurgeon and first Minister of Health of Argentina who was born on March 7, 1906? How was his management and why is he recognized as an eminence of Medicine?
Ramon Carrillo was neurosurgeon, neurobiologist, sanitary doctor and the first Argentine Minister of Health, whose management took place from 1946 to 1954 during the governments of Juan Domingo Perón. His work was characterized by demanding the mandatory use of the vaccination certificate for schools, forcing families to vaccinate the smallest members of the household.
Furthermore, in the years that led the Ministry of Health for the President Juan Domingo Peron Hospitals, health centers, school homes, homes for the elderly and nursing training institutes were built. In some photos he can be seen together with Perón and Evita touring these facilities.
The achievements of his management
It was the Minister of Health who established the free health care for the entire population. To guarantee it, public policies were carried out that effectively sought to ensure that medical care reached every Argentine. An example of this political will is the Sanitary Train who toured the country.
The Sanitary Train not only attended to all the Argentines who came to it, but also provided health education training. This guaranteed the prevention of diseases and the reduction of the overload of the health system. In addition, in relation to vaccination, it not only implemented the compulsory nature of the notebook in schools.
Vaccination campaigns were massive and reached the entire country. A successful example was the public policy that he implemented to combat malaria, a disease that managed to eradicate. Epidemics such as typhus and brucellosis. This allowed a reduction drastic reduction in infant mortality.
It was also during Carrillo’s administration that the Argentine State Drug Company (EMESTA), the first national drug factory. He carried out his activities at the Malbrán Institute and produced medicines 70% cheaper than those from private laboratories.
The words of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic
After confirming the issuance of this new banknote, the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) explained: “Carrillo made a great transformation in the public health of our country since 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’“.
