Institut Guttmann is a neurorehabilitation hospital, which was opened on 27 November 1965 in Barcelona . It was the first hospital in Spain dedicated to the rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injuries, introducing some of the techniques developed by Ludwig Guttmann a few years earlier into the country.
6-617: Its first medical director was Dr. Miguel Sarrias Domingo , who was a student both of Josep Trueta in Oxford and Ludwig Guttmann in Stoke Mandeville . It has been situated in Badalona since 2002, and is a reference hospital for medical-surgical treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by spinal cord injuries as well as people with brain damage and other disabilities with a neurological origin. The Institut Guttmann Foundation, named after
12-839: The 50th anniversary of its inauguration, it was awarded the Medalla d'Honor del Parlament de Catalunya . Miguel Sarrias Domingo Miguel Sarrias Domingo (19 January 1930 – 2002) was Medical Director of the Institut Guttmann in Barcelona , Catalonia , Spain . Sarrias Domingo was born in Barcelona on 19 January 1930, and he qualified in medicine and surgery at the University of Barcelona in 1955. Between 1958 and 1961 he studied under Josep Trueta, professor of orthopedic surgery in Oxford , where he specialized in orthopedic surgery and traumatology . In 1964, plans were underway for
18-517: The advancement of treatment for people with spinal cord injuries and related academic societies both in Spain and internationally. Sarrias was the Spanish representative of IMSOP (The International Medical Society of Paraplegia), and he was both the initiator and president of SEP (Spanish Society of Paraplegia). He was a member of the editorial board of the journal Paraplegia Spinal Cord . In 1992 he organized
24-499: The creation of a hospital dedicated to the treatment of people with paraplegia and quadriplegia , the first of its kind in Spain . Sarrias was named medical director. He spent 7 months at Stoke Mandeville hospital in England studying under Dr. Ludwig Guttmann where he learned the specialized treatment of people with spinal cord lesions. The new hospital was opened on 27 November 1965 and
30-607: The hospital, was founded in 1962 by Guillermo González Gilbey , who, after experiencing paraplegia following a traffic accident in 1958, was treated in Stoke Mandeville Hospital by Dr Guttmann. Upon his return to Catalonia, he decided to promote the new hospital, along with other people. In 1995, the hospital was awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi and in 2001 it received the Plaza Josep Trueta award. In 2015, to coincide with
36-574: Was named after Dr. Guttmann, as the Institut Guttmann Spinal Cord Injuries Centre. Until his retirement in 1997, Sarrias directed the work of the hospital, bringing it to national importance. Under his directorship, the Institute advanced the use of the "Barcelona technique" for the implantation of SARS (Sacral anterior roots electro stimulation). He developed a programme for the training of new specialists, and he supported
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