History of a great effort... 100 years fighting to avoid blindness - Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, “Hospital Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes” I.A.P.

On August 13, 1918, Dr. José de Jesús González and Dr. José Terrés officially founded the Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, receiving as its initial name: “Board for the Prevention of Blindness in Mexico”. It started in a doctor’s office located in Donceles street, in the historic center of the city, with the first three doctors of the Association; fundamental pillars of the ophthalmological medical community: Francisco Hinojosa, Rafael Nadal and Manuel Covarrubias. During these 100 years, the Association occupied various physical spaces, and currently is established in Vicente García Torres # 46 street, where the Dr. Luis Sánchez Bulnes Hospital is located. In addition to its assistance function carried out both in the hospital and through a surgical outreach program for rural communities for cataract and strabismus, the Association has an important commitment with human resources training and with knowledge acquisition through its residency and high specialty plans, as well as the extensive research performed. These first 100 years mark the way forward to reaffirm our goal that will always be the fight to avoid blindness in Mexico.