Fundació Institut Guttmann

Fundació Institut Guttmann is a private social enterprise dedicated to people and to offering cutting-edge specialised neurorehabilitation and promoting brain health. It operates a Neurorehabilitation Hospital that describes itself as an International Centre of Excellence in Neurorehabilitation with over 60 years of experience, treating more than 4,500 people a year. The foundation was established in 1962 by Guillermo González Gilbey together with Juan Antonio Andreu Bufill and Luís Gil de Biedma Alba, and Spain's first hospital dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by spinal cord injury opened in Barcelona on 27th November 1965, named the Institut Guttmann after Guillermo's physician in England, Dr. Guttmann.

The Fundació Institut Guttmann was established in 1962 by Guillermo González Gilbey together with Juan Antonio Andreu Bufill and Luís Gil de Biedma Alba. It started its activity as a hospital for people with spinal cord injury and evolved to become a centre of excellence in care and knowledge in the field of neuroscience in general and neurorehabilitation in particular. The idea originated when Guillermo González Gilbey (1926-1987), at the age of 32, was in a traffic accident that left him tetraplegic; after personally experiencing the lack of adequate medical and rehabilitative care in Spain, he travelled to England to receive treatment, where, thanks to techniques developed by Dr. Ludwig Guttmann, he proved that it was possible to achieve the degree of rehabilitation required to regain an active and successful life despite severe physical limitations. Upon returning to Barcelona, along with his friends he was the driving force behind the creation of a specialised hospital where other people with spinal cord injury could receive the same specialised care that he had received abroad. Spain's first hospital dedicated to the treatment and rehabilitation of people affected by spinal cord injury opened in Barcelona on 27th November 1965, located in the La Sagrera neighbourhood, and was named the Institut Guttmann after Guillermo's physician in England, Dr. Guttmann.

International Centre of Excellence in Neurorehabilitation; a private social enterprise dedicated to people and to offering cutting-edge specialised neurorehabilitation and promoting brain health.

• Neurorehabilitation Hospital

• Paediatric rehabilitation

• Guttmann Barcelona specialist clinics

• Guttmann App

1. 1Neurorehabilitation Hospital | Institut Guttmannguttmann.com
2. 2History | Institut Guttmannguttmann.com
3. 3Corporate Social Responsibility | Institut Guttmannguttmann.com
4. 4Fundació Institut Guttmannwikidata.org