St. Louis Hospital (French Hospital)Facility

St. Louis Hospital in Damascus, known as the French Hospital, was founded in 1905 and is managed by the Company of Daughters of St. Vincent of Paul and supported by the “Open Hospitals” project. The Syrian “Open Hospitals” project was launched by the AVSI Foundation in 2016 in partnership with the Gemelli Foundation and the pontifical charity branch “Cor Unum.” The “Open Hospitals” project provides medical care for those living in poverty and is supporting the activities of three Catholic nonprofit hospitals in Syria (Italian Hospital, St. Louis Hospital in Damascus, St. Louis Hospital in Aleppo).