Hôpital Cochin

The Cochin Hospital is a hospital in Paris. It is located in the 14th arrondissement and is now part of the public hospital network Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP -HP). It is located in the Rue du Faubourg -Saint -Jacques and the nearest metro station is Saint -Jacques the line 6 The hospital Cochin is now a university hospital that is specialized for severe burns.

History

The hospital, which was built in 1780, since 1802 bears the name of Jean -Denis Cochin ( 1726-1783 ), the parish priest of the church of Saint -Jacques- du-Haut -Pas and founder of a hospital for the needy and workers was.

Jacques Chirac, who was mayor of Paris at that time, was brought to a road traffic accident on 26 November 1978 at the Correze in the Hôpital Cochin to provide for his injuries. On December 6, 1978, the Appel de Cochin was published, the Rassemblement pour la République positioned in the election campaign for the European elections in 1979 and got its name due to the stay of the party leader Chirac at Hôpital Cochin.

Since 1990, the hospital is connected Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Research, a research laboratory. 600 people are employed and owned by the INSERM and CNRS.