The National Assembly resolved to declare October 26 as National Day of the Doctor of the Poor after testing an Agreement to Commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Blessed Doctor José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros.
In that sense, one of the points contemplated in the Agreement is to declare October 26 as National Day of the Doctor of the Poor.
Likewise, a copy of the Agreement will be sent to the parish priest of Isnotú, family members and representatives of the mission that bears his name.
Deputy Francisco García, who presented the draft Agreement, highlighted that while having worked as a teacher and scientist, he proved to be a great patriot by being one of the first to enlist in the militia to defend his country.
He also referred to the José Gregorio Hernández Mission, created by Commander Hugo Chávez, and intended for people with disabilities, which has provided benefits to national and international patients.
The National Assembly paid tribute to Dr. José Gregorio with an exhibition held in the corridors of the Federal Legislative Palace, where a Venezuelan music group accompanied the deputy, musician and composer, Cristóbal Jiménez, who dedicated his songs to the blessed.
The parliamentarians affirmed that he was an exemplary citizen, a great academic, musician, tailor and with a great spiritual sense to help the poor.
The parliamentary bloc of the state of Trujillo will bring a copy of the Agreement to the entity.
It should be noted that the celebration of the birth of the “doctor of the poor”, as his devotees have also called him, has brought together faithful devotees mainly in the Trujillo statewhere on October 26, the date of his birth, several activities were carried out in his honor.
In Caracas, in the Our Lady of La Candelaria churchrest the remains of the doctor of the poor, who lived in Caracas, mainly in the La Pastora parish and in the Vargas Hospital where he worked as a teacher.
Dr. José Gregorio Hernández was a professor in various chairs at the School of Medicine at the José María Vargas hospital, where he brought the first equipment to measure blood pressure in 1916.
