TOURISM, ECOLOGY AND BEAUTY IN 7 OUTSTANDING HILLS
There are seven custodians surrounding the city and offering a spectacular view of the Aburra Valley from their natural viewpoints. In these hills people can practice extreme sports, fly kites and take a look at the different birds that still live in the city.
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MAIN CLINICS AND HOSPITALS
HOSPITAL SAN VICENTE DE PAUL 96 years of health services
This private hospital is one of the biggest health care institutions in the country and it specializes in the attention of patients that require high-complexity treatments or surgeries. Its construction began in 1913 and thus, it keeps the outstanding republic architecture of that time. It was also declared National Monument in 1996. Its research is also very outstanding because it entered into a partnership with the University of Antioquia and particularly with the transplant team, which has allowed it to obtain excellent results in this field.
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MEDELLÍN IS BECOMING AN ALTERNATIVE OF HEALTH EXCELLENCE
Medellin is recognized for being the main site of some of the most outstanding health institutions in Colombia and Latin America. It is a world pioneer in medium and high complexity transplants. It has become the main site of very important research and health development groups, internationally recognized and with great availability of human talent with high standards of academic and research formation, and center of attention of international patients.
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MEDELLÍN, HEALTH DESTINATION BEFORE THE WORLD
Medellín has become an important medical and health destination before the world due to its leadership in the field of high- complexity surgeries and organ transplants. The first kidney transplant was performed in Medellin in the year 1973 and the first transplant of trachea and larynx, with an exclusive technique created by Colombian physicians.
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MEDELLÍN, THE CITY OF EVERYONE
Medellin is the second most important city in Colombia after Bogota, the capital of it. Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department, has a little more than 2,223,000 people and in its metropolitan area there are nine other municipalities: Envigado, Itagüi, Copacabana, Girardota, Sabaneta, Bello, La Estrella, Caldas and Barbosa.
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