The Hospital de Jesus in Mexico City’s bustling historic center covers most of a city block. Its faded unassuming yellow facade, characteristic of the middle of the last century, obscures a medical center founded 500 years ago by Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés.
Medical staff walk through an outdoor passageway at the Hospital de Jesus, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. It’s the oldest continuously operating hospital in the Americas that was founded by Spanish conqueror Hernán Cortés 500 years ago. A view of the Hospital de Jesus that covers most of a city block in the historic center of Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
The meeting of Cortés and Moctezuma is depicted in a floor-to-ceiling tile mural beside one of the central patios. The main temple of Tenochtitlan — only a few blocks from the hospital — sits in the background. The union of two suns represents the meeting of two cultures. “We want to ensure that this hospital continues to provide quality medical attention to patients,” said Dr. Octaviano Rosalez Serafín, 71, president of the hospital’s board of trustees. “We want to continue the tradition of care the hospital has had for years.”
Guevara said the hospital was not open to the Indigenous population initially, but only to the Spanish who had recently arrived in the Americas.
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