Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital

Lahane Hospital, officially Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital[1] (Portuguese: Hospital Dr. António de Carvalho, Tetum: Óspital Dr. António de Carvalho), and also known as the former Portuguese Hospital (Portuguese: antigo Hospital Português,[2] Tetum: antigu Ospitál Portugés[3]), is a heritage public hospital in East Timor. It is located in Lahane, at the southern edge of Dili, East Timor's capital city.[4]

Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital
  • Hospital Dr. António Carvalho (Portuguese)
  • Óspital Dr. António Carvalho (Tetum)
The hospital in 2017
The hospital in 2017
Geography
LocationLahane, Dili, East Timor
Coordinates8°34′43″S 125°34′53″E
Organisation
TypeGeneral
History
Opened1906
Links
ListsHospitals in East Timor

On 13 April 2020, shortly after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in East Timor, the general director of health care at the Ministry of Health, Odete Maria Freitas Belo, announced that when the number of severely ill COVID-19 patients increased, the government would use the hospital as a medical facility for them.[5] On 11 May 2020, the Minister of Public Works, Salvador Soares dos Reis Pires, said that previously budgeted rehabilitation work at the site would be brought forward.[6]

Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak paid a visit to the hospital on 11 January 2021, and expressed his satisfaction with the good quality of the by-then nearly completed rehabilitation work.[7] By the time a Committee of the National Parliament visited the hospital on 18 February 2021 to carry out an inspection, the hospital was already back in operation.[8]

See also

References
  1. "UNICEF and ADB handover medical equipment to support Ministry of Health's COVID-19 response" (Press release). Dili: UNICEF Timor-Leste. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. "Reunião do Conselho de Ministros de 9 de Fevereiro de 2011" [Meeting of the Council of Ministers, 9th of February of 2011]. Governo de Timor-Leste (in Portuguese). 9 February 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. "Sorumutu Konsellu Ministru, loron 9, fulan Fevereiru 2011" [Meeting of the Council of Ministers, 9th of February of 2011]. Governu Timor-Leste (in Tetum). 9 February 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. Alves, Edmundo; Bagulho, Fernando. "Dr. Carvalho Hospital". HPIP Heritage of Portuguese Influence. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. Tempo Timor (14 April 2020). "Lahane hospital becomes medical facility for severe COVID-19 patients". Tempo Timor. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. Pereira, Eugénio (12 May 2020). "Lahane Hospital Rehab Fast-Tracked for COVID-19 Isolation". Tatoli. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. "Prime Minister visits rehabilitation works of Lahane's former Maternity Hospital". Government of Timor-Leste. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. "Comissão F visita o Hospital de Lahane" [Committee F visits Lahane Hospital]. National Parliament (East Timor) (in Portuguese). 18 February 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

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