Joan Ramon Benaprès (1872-1967)

Doctor that worked for 60 years in Sitges. A man with professional rigor and great personality that made him an institution in the town.

A leader in Spain in the typhoid vaccine’s implementation, he conducted campaigns to prevent and fight against the spread of infectious diseases.

Currently, in the Promenade of Sitges, there’s a monument dedicated to this illustrious citizen.

In 1979 his name was given to one of the secondary and high public schools of Sitges.

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