The Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy or ''HIA Percy'' (meaning "Percy Training Hospital of the Armies") is a

military hospital A military hospital is a hospital owned or operated by a military. They are often reserved for the use of military personnel and their dependents, but in some countries are made available to civilians as well. They may or may not be located on a m ...

Clamart Clamart () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: ''bas Clamart'', the historical centre, and ''petit Clamart'' with urban ...

, near

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

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. It is managed by the ''Service de santé des armées'' (

French Defence Health service The French Defence Central Health Service ("''Service de Santé des Armées"'' or ''SSA'') is responsible for medical and sanitary support of the French Armed Forces and of all institutions placed under the authority of the French Ministry of Ar ...

) and provides health services to both military and civilian patients. It is named after

Pierre-François Percy Pierre-François Percy (28 October 1754 – 18 February 1825) was a French medical doctor and surgeon. He was surgeon-in-chief of Napoleon's ''Grande Armée'' during the Napoleonic campaigns in Germany and Poland, and present at the Battles of B ...

, military surgeon during the Napoleonic wars. The hospital has, in particular, an emergency service, a service for treating severe

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s, and a service for treating patients contaminated by

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(including a

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service).

Notable patients

The hospital has treated several

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

and other notable individuals. Palestinian leader

Yasser Arafat Yasser Arafat (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, Presid ...

was treated at Percy hospital from October 29, 2004, until his death on November 11, 2004. During his stay at Percy, he had fallen into an increasingly deeper

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despite

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Bassel Fleihan Bassel Fleihan (10 September 1963 – 18 April 2005; ) was a Lebanese legislator and Minister of Economy and Trade. He died from injuries sustained when a massive bomb exploded on the Beirut seafront as he passed by in former Lebanese prim ...

, a Lebanese legislator and

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and Commerce was treated at Percy, having suffered major

s on 95% of his body when a massive bomb exploded on the

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

seafront as he passed by in former Lebanese Prime Minister

Rafik al-Hariri Rafic Bahaa El Deen al-Hariri (; 1 November 1944 – 14 February 2005) was a Lebanese businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Lebanon, prime minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2004. Hariri headed fi ...

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on February 14, 2005. Despite being seated beside Hariri, who was killed when the explosion occurred, Fleihan lived through the attack and was airlifted to Percy where he survived for 64 days before succumbing to his injuries.

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n president

Levy Mwanawasa Levy Patrick Mwanawasa (3 September 1948 – 19 August 2008) was the third president of Zambia. He served as president from January 2002 until his death in August 2008. Mwanawasa is credited with having initiated a campaign to rid the corrupti ...

was admitted to hospital 1 July 2008 to receive treatment following a

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he suffered on 29 June."Ailing Mwanawasa heading to France"
Reuters (''IOL''), July 2, 2008."'Mwanawasa in semi-coma'"
Sapa-Associated Press (''IOL''), July 2, 2008. He died in hospital on 19 August 2008.

References

External links

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