Background
BORTAGARAY, Mario H was born on April 13, 1893 in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina.
BORTAGARAY, Mario H was born on April 13, 1893 in Curuzú Cuatiá, Corrientes, Argentina.
Educated medical. school, University Nacional de Buenos Aides. Further studies in Paris (1920) and Vienna (1921).
Director, Escuela Municipal de Puericultura. Secretary, public welfare and health administration, city of Buenos Aires, 1922-1927. Physician, department, of infectious diseases, Hospital de Niños, since 1922.
Director, infant welfare department, city of Buenos Aires, 1927-1946. Delegate, Pan American Child Welfare Congress, Lima, 1930, and Washington, 1942.
Member: American Academy, of Pediatrics, Society Médica Argentina, Society de Pediatría, Society de Puericultura de Buenos Aires (honorary president).