Mexico (1976)
100th Anniversary of The Ophthalmic
Hospital of Light (Hospital Oftalmologico de la Luz)
Ricardo Vertiz trained as an ophthalmologist
in Instituto Voldiviseo in Mexico. He gained
his further ophthalmic training
in Paris. On returning to Mexico he worked in San Andrea
Hospital. He founded the first
ophthalmology hospital, Hospital Oftalmologico de la Luz,
in Mexico in 1876.