Hôtel-Dieu de France

Hôtel-Dieu de France is a non-profit Lebanese university hospital administered by Saint Joseph University of Beirut. It was created in 1923, 35 years after the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine at Saint Joseph University.

Hôtel-Dieu de France’s mission focuses on several dimensions such as providing patients with cutting-edge medicine and quality care.

With 29,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 emergencies per year, HDF meets the medical needs of the Lebanese community across the country, as well as people from Syria, Iraq, Jordan and more.

HDF has been valiantly carrying out its mission of training healthcare professionals at the service of patients and the community. The hospital contributes each year to the training of 100 medical interns and 250 residents, as well as a number of nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, psychomotor therapists and other health professionals.

HDF is a national and regional reference center, participating in the progress of medicine namely through the promotion of top-level research on various medical and nursing fields, promoting mutual respect and welcoming people seeking care without discrimination.