Addictions: a space for reflection

In response to its members´ concerns, the British Hospital held two talks focused on addictions´ prevention, particularly about drugs and alcohol, not only in adults and young people but also in adolescents. On Thursday 19th of October, the physicians Verónica...

His Royal Highness Prince Edward visited the British Hospital

His Royal Highness Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, visited the British Hospital during his visit to Uruguay. This is the second time that Prince Edward visited the British Hospital and, through his tour along the new facilities, he was pleasantly surprised by the changes that have been made in...

The importance of healthy eating during breast-feeding

As regards the World Breastfeeding Week and aiming to provide tools to provide the right nutrition for the pregnant and their babies, the British Hospital carried out a healthy eating workshop on breastfeeding, which included addressing techniques, myths and facts regarding this essential...

Sleep well to live better

Enjoying a healthy sleep is a basic physiological need of human beings and a possible goal if we pay attention to some habits that make it reachable which also will enable us to get a better life quality. Therefore, under the motto “Sleep is a possible dream”, the British Hospital...

The importance of planning to reach a healthy diet

Planning is essential in order to enjoy a healthy diet, to control the intake of salt, fat and sugar and also to lose weight, so from March to November the British Hospital carries out series of workshops led by Maren Torheim , the Graduate Nutritionist. Torheim, who is part of the British...

The British Hospital trains its partners in first aid and reanimation

The British Hospital carried out a Reanimation and First Aid Workshop by specialists with the support of the Nursing Department, which received an excellent response from the members of the institution. The workshop made available to participants the tools to face different first aid and...

The elderly: series of workshops at the British Hospital

Organized by the Memory Polyclinic and throughout the year, the British Hospital carries out series of six workshops called “Knowing how to age, prevent dependency” addressed to get the tools to have a better quality of life of the elderly, by Prof. Ana Charamelo, member of...