Jenny de la Torre Castro
Jenny de la Torre Castro (1954 – June 10, 2025) was a German-Peruvian physician. She founded the Jenny de la Torre Foundation (Jenny De la Torre Stiftung) to serve homeless people in Berlin.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Jenny de la Torre Castro grew up in Nazca, Peru. In 1973, she began her medical studies at the San Luis Gonzaga National University in Ica. A year later she obtained a scholarship to continue medical studies in the German Democratic Republic.[2]
In 1992 and 1993, she led a project for pregnant women who were in conditions of poverty.[3]
Torre Castro died on June 10, 2025, at the age of 71.[4]
Awards
[edit]- 1997 Bundesverdienstkreuz: (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Gómez, Por Abigail Villantoy (2025-06-12). "Murió Jenny De la Torre, médica peruana que dedicó su vida a personas sin hogar en Berlín". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ Lizarme, Greys (2025-06-11). "Muere la 'Doctora de los pobres' en Berlín: peruana atendió a personas sin hogar por más de 30 años". larepublica.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ Bonacker, Marco; Geiger, Gunter (2016-10-24). Menschenrechte und Medizin: Grundfragen der medizinischen Ethik (in German). Verlag Barbara Budrich. ISBN 978-3-8474-1000-3.
- ^ Gómez, Por Abigail Villantoy (2025-06-12). "Murió Jenny De la Torre, médica peruana que dedicó su vida a personas sin hogar en Berlín". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ Goettle, Gabriele (2014-03-12). Haupt- und Nebenwirkungen: Zur Katastrophe des Gesundheits- und Sozialsystems. Reportagen (in German). Antje Kunstmann. ISBN 978-3-88897-957-6.