Sisters of Charity. A French Order of nurses under the laws of Saint Vicente de Paul. From 1843, the Mexican government allowed the Sisters of Charity to establish themselves in Mexico in order to take charge of hospices, hospitals and other houses of benefit managed by the government. It is important to recall that during colonial times the health institutions were under the charge of the clergy and, with the consolidation of independence, the lay authorities had no experience in hospital services. This explains why the services of the Sisters of Charity were so important, and they were exempt from the law passed in 1861 by Benito Juárez stipulating that benefit institutions must be secular.
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