Lied at the avenue 520 corner 175

At 1883 was initiated the building of the Hospital, the First of the zone.

Was enabled at 1884.

Was conceived as one true colony hospitable, with building wooden than they was not must be burned and replaced at the end of 10 years to finish of avoid risks of contagion. At one extent of l80 hectáreas se they was lie nurseries of birds, alfalfares and locations for the cría of animals for the consumption, all attended by diseaseds mental interned at the nosocomio. The hospital was object of successive refacciones and amplifications.

During 70 years the Hospital did not change his denomination officer. But the changes at the systems of attention, the advance than did mean the psicofarmacología and the new concepts terapéuticos they did propel the contrivance of update these identification.

The 5 of october of 1954, through the courage number 9580, the ministry of Comfort Social impuso to the establishment the name of "Hospital Neuropsiquiátrico of Melchor Romero". Was be at the Address the doctor Martín Campos, and of these way was remain back the name of Hospital General of the Province "Melchor Romero".

Just at 1973, as consequence of actings administrative at the than is laied of manifest the labour developped by the doctor Alejandro Korn along the 20 years at than did direct the Hospital, the then Ministry of Comfort Social of the Province of Buenos Aires, by Courage Nº546, of the 9 of march of 1973, assesses the name of "Alejandro Korn" to the Hospital Interzonal Especializado at Acute and Chronic Neuropsiquiátrico of Melchor Romero.

At 1975 se did the called to licitación for the construccion of a new Lodge of Acute and Admission.

The obra culminaría five years más afternoon. At 1980, the hospital logró enable dictum Lodge, at where did pass to to be concentrated toda the activity of psychiatry asistencial, the warder psiquiátrica and the consultorios external of these especialidad, so much for adults, as for childs and adolescents.

Was designed with criterias modern, giving priority to spaces free, locations of recreation, abodes little and comfortable.

The edifice was enabled with capability of 140 beds and one surface cover of 5000 metres squares.

At the currentness, the Hospital "Dr. Alejandro Korn" account with 24 parlours of internation psiquiátrica, dispensed at 164 hectáreas, with 260 beds for short and stocking ranch, and 1.200 fortresses for the Area of Rehabilitation.

At the last years the tidingses tendencies at the assistance of the desórdenes psiquiátricos they did accentuate the processes of aperture institucional, with the creation of services special for the reinserción patients, shortening the internations lengthened and ameliorating the quality of life of the 1.500 patients interned.