The Clinique Ambroise Paré is a
hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...
in
Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
,
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
, is considered to be the best hospital in the country.
Details
The hospital is named after
Ambroise Paré
Ambroise Paré (c. 1510 – 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a p ...
, the father of French surgery.
It is privately owned, providing better care than the government hospitals
Ignace Deen and
Donka but not as high a standard as in Europe or North America.
Ambroise Paré has an ambulance, and is equipped for surgery.
It is located on North Corniche next to USAID, southwest of the
Conakry Botanical Garden
Conakry Botanical Garden is a botanical garden in Conakry, Guinea. It is located in the Camayenne part of the city, with the Ambroise Paré Hospital to the south and Conakry Grand Mosque to the north. It is noted for its kapok trees.
See als ...
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History
In September 2009 a rally at a city stadium in protest against the military junta was violently broken up, with dozens of people being killed by security forces. Former prime ministers
Cellou Dalein Diallo and
Sidya Touré
Sidya Touré (born 1945) is a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister of Guinea from 1996 to 1999 and is currently the President of the Union of Republican Forces (UFR), an opposition party.
Prime minister
Having previously been in exile in C ...
were injured, and taken to Ambroise Paré. However, soldiers removed them from the clinic and took them to the Alpha Yaya Diallo camp, the junta's headquarters.
See also
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Health in Guinea
Guinea faces a number of ongoing health challenges.
The Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds that Guinea is fulfilling 58.6% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income. When looking at the right to ...
References
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Hospitals in Guinea
Buildings and structures in Conakry