Hôpital Cochin
The Hôpital Cochin (French pronunciation: [opital kɔʃɛ̃]) is a hospital of public assistance in the rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques Paris 14e. It houses the central burn treatment centre of the city. The Hôpital Cochin is a section of the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Cité. It commemorates Jean-Denis Cochin, curé of the parish of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas and founder of a hospital for the workers and poor of that quarter of Paris.[1]
| Hôpital Cochin | |
|---|---|
 Cloître de Port-Royal, Hôpital Cochin, a remnant of the former Abbey of Port-Royal | |
| Geography | |
| Location | rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°50′13″N 2°20′25″E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | General |
| Links | |
| Website | hopital-cochin-port-royal |
| Lists | Hospitals in France |
Since 1990, a biomedical research centre, the Institut Cochin, has been associated with the hospital. It was reorganised in 2002 to embrace genetic research, molecular biology and cellular biology, with a staff of about 600.[2] It is part of both INSERM and CNRS, integrated with the Université Paris Cité.
In 2004 the Maison de Solenn, a shelter for adolescents, was opened within the hospital with the active support of Bernadette Chirac; its name commemorates Solenn Poivre d'Arvor.[3]
History
Early in the morning of 30 May 1832, the mathematician Évariste Galois was shot in the abdomen during a duel at the age of 20 and died the following morning at ten o'clock in the Cochin hospital, probably of peritonitis, after refusing the offices of a priest. He was buried in a common grave in the Montparnasse Cemetery nearby.[4]
George Orwell also had a stay at the hospital for a bout of "La Grippe" in March 1929. He describes it in his story "How the Poor Die".
References
- Official website
- L’hôpital Cochin
- [https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20041117.OBS1788/la-maison-de-solenn-a-ete-inauguree.html La Maison de Solenn a été inaugurée]
- Hôpital Cochin
