RESUMO
En unos tiempos de éxodo de los médicos venezolanos, cabe recordar a la favorable acogida recibida en Venezuela por los médicos vascos exilados al terminar la Guerra Civil Española (1936-1939). Los médicos que prestaron servicios en Sanidad Militar de la región autónoma de Euzkadi fueron destituidos de sus cargos en los hospitales vascos y fueron desterrados a Francia. Un convenio oficial del gobierno venezolano les concedió asilo y se les destinó en mayoría a medicaturas rurales. Se describen las trayectorias de los médicos procedentes del Hospital Civil de Bilbao. Algunos se destacaron por sus contribuciones notables a la comunidad medica de su tierra de adopción en campos de clínica, de docencia y de salud publica(AU)
In an era of medical exodus from Venezuela, it seems of interest to recall the favorable welcome received by Basque medical doctors exiled after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The medical doctors who had cooperated with the Military Health Services of the autonomous Basque Country (Euzkadi) were expelled from the hospitals and had to leave to France in exile. An official agreement from the government of Venezuela allowed them to come legally and be offered a position as doctors in small rural communities in the interior of the country. The professional paths of those doctors excluded from the Civil Hospital of Bilbao are described, some of which made substantial contributions to clinical medicine, academic teaching and public health in their new land of adoption(AU)