Hôpital Cochin
| Hôpital Cochin | |
|---|---|
Cloître de Port-Royal, Hôpital Cochin, a remnant of the former Abbey of Port-Royal | |
| Geography | |
| Location | rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, Paris, France |
| Coordinates | 48°50′13″N 2°20′25″E / 48.83694°N 2.34028°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General |
| Links | |
| Website | hopital-cochin-port-royal |
| Lists | Hospitals in France |
The Hôpital Cochin (French pronunciation: [opital kɔʃɛ̃]) is a public hospital situated on Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques, Paris 14e. It houses the main burn treatment centre of the city. The Hôpital Cochin is an affiliate of the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Cité. It is named after Jean-Denis Cochin, curé of the parish of Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas, who founded a hospital for the workers and poor of this quarter of Paris.
Since 1990, a biomedical research centre, the Institut Cochin, has been affiliated with the hospital. It was reorganised in 2002 to encompass genetic research, molecular biology and cellular biology, with a staff of about 600. It is part of both INSERM and CNRS, integrated into the Université Paris Cité.
In 2004, the Maison de Solenn, a shelter for adolescents named after Solenn Poivre d'Arvor, has opened in the hospital with the active support of Bernadette Chirac.