It’s an initiative of ‘Programamos’, an Andalusian non-profit organization that aims to spread computational thinking among the youngest. Its volunteers have broad experience in teaching robotics and programming and, since a few months ago, they decided to bring their initiative to the hospitalized children of the Virgen del Rocío Hospital in Seville. These kids learn […]
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Ignacio Gómez de Terreros, an exemplary paediatrician that focuses on humanization
The Spanish Society of Paediatrics has given recognition to the career of this Sevilian doctor by appointing him ‘Exemplary Paediatrician 2016’. He is an honorary member of UNICEF Spain, a professor of the University of Seville and founder of the Virgen delRocío Hospital for Children. In addition, he was awarded the Civil Order Golden Cross […]
Kilometers that give life to the research against pediatric cancer
Every year in Seville they celebrate the Run in Solidarity against Pediatric Cancer. It’s an event organized by the Spanish Society of Hematology and Pediatric Oncology, or SEHOP, a non-profit organization that raises funds for research. Thanks to them the doctors and researchers at the Virgen del Rocio Hospital were able to initiate a study […]
María Elisa Cordero, at the forefront of the battle against infectious diseases
She discovered that she wanted to be a doctor when she was just five years old. Today, María Elisa Cordero is an infectious diseases specialist and has dedicated most of her career to the study of the HIV and to combat infections in transplanted patients. Born in Jaén, she works in Seville, where this doctor […]