Paris American Hospital is famous all over the world for its expertise in medical and surgical fields. High quality health care facilities are provided by the hospital to its patients. The American Hospital of Paris has several units such as Otolaryngology, Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Opthalmology, Gynecology- Obstetrics, Cardiology, Rheumatology, and Urology offering specialized health care to its patients. The emergency department of Paris American Hospital is open day and night for 7 days a week.
History of Paris American Hospital
The history of the American Hospital of Paris dates back to the early 20th century. In the year 1904, Dr. A.J. Magnin and his American friend Harry Antony van Bergen, established an association and named it the American Hospital Association of Paris. Its aim was to offer health care facilities to the people who traveled to France from America by physicians trained in the United States. The founding act of the American Hospital of Paris was signed in 1906 by Dr. Magnin, Mr. Van Bergen and seven other members of the American community. It was designated as a not-for-profit organization.
The first donations to the hospital by John H. Harjes, who was the president of the Board of Governors, led to the acquiring of property in Neuilly-sur-Seine in July 1907. The twenty-four bed hospital was finally inaugurated in September 1909 by such eminent people like
Henry White, the ambassador of the United States to France, and Gaston Doumergue, Minister
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of Public Education. Since then the medical center has been developing at a very fast pace and incorporating modern techniques and technologies to cure various ailments.
Health Care Facilities of Paris American Hospital
For prevention and early diagnosis, the hospital has various check up facilities like general health check-ups, evaluation of cardiovascular risks, senior health check-ups, consultation on aptitude and physiological evaluation for athletes, women’s health check-ups and consultation for sleeping disorders. Some of the ancillary services of American Hospital of Paris are:
- Physical Therapy
- Medical Analysis Laboratory
- Functional Evaluations
- Center for Medically Assisted Procreation
- Prenatal Diagnostic Center
- Operating Suites
- Medical Imaging
The Hospital is committed to the cause of providing excellent health care facilities by ensuring the quality administrative, medical and technical services. It guarantees world class medical facilities to its patients. Since its establishment in 1907, the American Hospital of Paris has been on an expansion mode offering excellent medical facilities to the people of France.
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