Background
ORREGO PUELMA, Héctor was born on April 16, 1897 in Santiago, Chile.
ORREGO PUELMA, Héctor was born on April 16, 1897 in Santiago, Chile.
Educated Institute Nacional. Doctor of Medicine, University de Chile, 1922.
Assistant professor, of tuberculosis, medical. school, University de Chile, 1929, professor, since 1932. Chief of tuberculosis services, Caja de Seguro Obrero, since 1932. Director, Casa de Salud de San José de Maipo, the first tuberculosis sanatorium in Chile, for 10 years.
Sect, chief, Hospital de Tuberculosis San Jose and Hospital del Salvador. President, 4th Pan American Tuberculosis Congress, Santiago, 1937. Studied in Europe, 1928-1929 and 1938-1939, with Professor Sergent m Hôpital Charité, Paris, and Professor Staub in Davos, Switzerland.
Director, Revista de Aparatos Respiratorios y Tuberculosis. jMan. Society Chilena de Tisiologia (founder, director), Society Médica, Club de la Unión, Automóvil Club. Honorary member Royal Society of Medicine (London), National Tuberculosis Association (New York), Society de Tisiologia (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Asunción, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Bogotá, Caracas).
Orrego and Teresa Puelma.
Member Royal Society of Medicine (London), National Tuberculosis Association (New York), Society de Tisiologia (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Asunción, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Bogotá, Caracas).