Saint George Hospital University Medical Center

Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Saint George Hospital University Medical Center
Geography
Location	Rmeil, Beirut, Lebanon
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Organisation
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Balamand
Services
Beds	300
History
Opened	1878
Links
Website	http://www.stgeorgehospital.org

Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (Arabic: مستشفى القديس جاورجيوس للروم الأرثوذكس or مستشفى القديس جاورجيوس الجامعي), also known as Al-Roum Hospital (مستشفى الروم), is the oldest Lebanese hospital founded in 1878 and one of the three leading Lebanese medical centres, located in Rmeil, Beirut, Lebanon.

Overview[edit | edit source]

The hospital configuration is a T-shaped fifteen-floor building currently housing 200 beds. It is affiliated with The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers.

In 2005, a new state-of-the-art building was inaugurated. The rehabilitation and reconstruction of the 1968 building is underway (Phase II)- this new extension will house an additional 200 beds by the end of 2015, thus bringing the total number of beds to 400.

History[edit | edit source]

Saint George Hospital was founded in 1878 as a non-profit community hospital by Panoyot Fakhoury. A member of the Orthodox community, he donated two rooms in

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