Oswaldo Cruz father-in-law, a wealthy Portuguese merchant. Cruz found the seaport of Santos ravaged by an epidemic of bubonic plague that threatened to reach Rio de Janeiro and engaged himself immediately in the combat of this disease. The mayor of Rio de Janeiro authorized the construction of a plant for manufacturing the serum against the disease which had been developed at the Pasteur Institute by Alexandre Yersin and coworkers. He asked the institution for a scientist who could bring to Brazil this know-how. The Pasteur Institute responded that such a person was already available in Brazil: Dr. Oswaldo Cruz. On May 25,
The American Heart Institute founded the American Heart Institute in Nicosia and began work in July 1999. The presence of the American Medical Center in the Mediterranean contributes substantially in raising the standards of care in cardiology and cardiac surgery in the area. The American Heart Institute The American Heart Institute (AHI) is the first private hospital to provide non-invasive and invasive cardiology interventions and the entire spectrum of adult Cardiothoracic surgery in Cyprus. On March 2011 The American Heart Institute started its operations in its new premises and became a department of the American Medical Center whilst new specialties joined the Center. The