Avicenne Hospital

Avicenne Hospital (French: Hôpital Avicenne) is Muslim community founded district general 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]

Avicenne University Hospital
AP-HP
Geography
Location	Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, FR-75, France
Coordinates	48.9144°N 2.4239°E / 48.9144; 2.4239
Organisation
Care system	AP-HP
Funding	Public hospital
Type	District General, Teaching
Religious affiliation	Muslim
Services
Emergency department	Yes
History
Opened	1935
Links
Website	https://chu93.aphp.fr
Lists	Hospitals in France

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.