Greater Paris University Hospitals
Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (French pronunciation: [asistɑ̃s pyblik opito də paʁi]) is the university hospital trust operating in Paris and its surroundings.
It is the largest hospital system in Europe and one of the largest in the world;[1] it provides health care, teaching, research, prevention, education and emergency medical service in 52 branches of medicine. It employs more than 90,000 people (including 15,800 physicians)[2] in 44 hospitals and receives more than 5,8 million annual patient visits.[3]
It is linked with the University of Paris and its seven colleges of medicine, two of odontology and two of pharmacy as AP-HP is the university hospital for the capital and its surroundings.
AP-HP is organized in several hospital local trusts, each associated to a faculty to offer integrative care to its population.
As a teaching hospital, AP-HP Trust is in charge of training healthcare professionals and doctors, and plays a prominent role in French healthcare research alongside Inserm.
History
Succeeding to the conseil général des hospices de Paris, the Administration générale de l'Assistance publique was created by a law of January 10, 1849. In 1961, the AP-HP became the public hospital system of Paris and its suburbs.
Administration
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Hospitals
Among the 44 hospitals of the AP-HP, the most notable are:
- Hôtel-Dieu, founded in 651, the oldest hospital in Paris near Nôtre-Dame, now operating a global health activity;
- Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris and Europe's largest hospital;
- Hôpital Lariboisière known for its famous open court and architecture ;
- Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, the last hospital built in Paris;
- Hôpital Cochin.
Three pediatric hospitals offer care to children both in medicine and surgery fields :
- Hôpital Necker - Enfants malades, the world's oldest pediatric hospital;
- Hôpital Trousseau - Enfants Malades ;
- Hôpital Robert-Debré
AP-HP is not the sole healthcare operator in Paris. The trust shares with duties alongside military hospitals such as Val-de-Grâce, or Institut Curie. Institut Gustave Roussy, one of the world’s leading cancer-research institutes and the biggest health center dedicated to oncology in Europe .
References
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