It all started in 1952, 60 years ago, in this same two-story building where it is today, in these same classrooms, halls and offices. At a time when the country was still suffering from the countless inherited wounds of poverty, ignorance and deep backwardness, the new temple of health was born, which was called the Higher Institute of Medicine. This temple was born as a “baby” different from its brothers in the world; without written texts, without a curriculum, with an improvised teaching schedule, with so few teachers that they could be counted on the fingers of one hand, and it was called the Higher Institute of Medicine. The teachers were practicing doctors who graduated from European universities during the previous regime. They were called to teach and form the young doctors of the future. In 1952, 61 students, divided into 4 groups of 15 students each, attended their first year of studies at the Higher Medical Institute. Of these, 13 were women. No one took a picture that day, no newspaper wrote about this new creature…