The Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital ( ) is located in the
18th arrondissement of
Paris
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, France, and is operated by
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP).
It was founded in 1881 as lHôpital Bichat'' (after
Xavier Bichat), incorporating the units of nearby ''Hôpital Claude-Bernard'' upon the latter's demolition in 1970. The Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital is also a
teaching hospital
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of the
Université Paris Cité.
Since 2007, the fire department has deemed the hospital's fire procedures and emergency exits unsafe. According to the APHP, the building cannot be modernized.
In 2017, the hospital opened the country's first unit entirely dedicated to dermatology issues related to tattoos.
In 2023, the project to merge the Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital and the
Beaujon Hospital to create the Grand Paris-Nord Hospital in
Saint-Ouen was cancelled.
References
External links
Bichat–Claude Bernard Hospital(in French)
Hospitals established in 1881
1881 establishments in France
Hospitals in Paris
Teaching hospitals in France
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