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Avicenne_Hospital Latitude and Longitude:

48°54′52″N 2°25′26″E / 48.9144°N 2.4239°E / 48.9144; 2.4239
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Avicenne Hospital
AP-HP
Geography
Location Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, FR-75, France
Coordinates 48°54′52″N 2°25′26″E / 48.9144°N 2.4239°E / 48.9144; 2.4239
Organisation
Religious affiliation Muslim
Services
Emergency departmentYes
History
Opened1935
Links
Website https://chu93.aphp.fr
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Avicenne Hospital ( French: Hôpital Avicenne) is Muslim community founded hospital in Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, in the northern suburbs of Paris. Opened in 1935 as the Franco-Muslim Hospital (Hôpital franco-musulman de Paris), it was built specifically to cater for North-African immigrants who had flocked to the Paris area. [1] Renamed Avicenne in 1978, in memory of the Persian physician Avicenna, it is now a university hospital catering for the local population. [2]

References

  1. ^ "Hôpital Avicenne and the Paradoxes of Modern France". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  2. ^ "Hôpital Avicenne" (in French). Assistance Publique: Hôpitaux de Paris. Archived from the original on 3 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.