Hôpital Habib-Thameur
Tunis, Tunisia
19th century
This hospital, built in 1891 in the el-Halfaouine quarter by a group of Italian doctors, was initially called l'Hôpital Colonial Italien de Tunis and served the Italian residents of the city, most of which had emigrated from Sicily. It was moved to the building of the current Hôpital Habib-Thameur on the 15 March 1900, and in 1907 was renamed l'Hôpital Giuseppe Garibaldi, after the famous hero of Italian independence. Upon the arrival of English troops on 7 January 1943 it became a French hospital, and was renamed again to l'Hôpital de la Libération on the 6 June of the following year. It was finally given its current name by the Tunisian government following independence, in honour of the great doctor and militant nationalist Habib Thameur.
This hospital, which was constantly being expanded and renovated, started off with 150 beds. The hospital was served by Italian doctors, who were quickly joined by French doctors, and provided general medical services, as well as surgery, internal medicine, ophthalmology and radiology. Like the Hôpital Charles Nicolle, it also became prestigious university hospital following Tunisian independence.
Saloua Khadhar Zangar "Hôpital Habib-Thameur" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monuments;AWE;tn;40;en
Prepared by: Saloua Khadhar Zangar
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin
MWNF Working Number: TN 040
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