Saint Damien Hospital
St. Damien Hospital is the premier pediatric hospital in Haiti and provides all services free of charge. It is funded through donations from benefactors all over the world, primarily in Europe and the United States. The hospital provides high quality medical treatment for disadvantaged and sick children. More than half of all patients are admitted for an infectious disease such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV while 25 percent are admitted for illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and kidney infection. The outpatient clinic treats 100 children daily, for acute, parasitic, and bacterial infections.
Location: Tabarre, Haiti
Capacity: 120- bed including 18-bed emergency unit, 10-bed pediatric ICU and 9-bed cancer center.
Hospital staff: 18 pediatricians, 50 nurses and 60 certified nursing assistants, 8 lab technicians, 1 x-ray technician and 3 x-ray auxiliary technicians. The hospital’s pharmacy is headed by a trained pharmacist and 22 pharmacy technicians are overseen by an international volunteer pharmacist.
Maternity staff: 56 including 8 obstetrician/gynecologists, 7 anesthesiologists and 12 midwives.
Surgery staff: 15 including 2 doctors, 4 nurses, 2 certified nursing assistants and 3 technicians who were trained in Italy.
Patient flow: Over 30,000 children are seen annually. For a close up view by hospital department, click here.
Services: Laboratory tests including sickle cell testing and HIV testing, pediatric vaccinations, digital x-rays, pharmacy, high risk maternity program, surgery, tuberculosis program, malnutrition program, neonatology program and outpatient public health program, dental clinic to children and adults available 5 days a week. Non-emergency surgery is performed Monday through Friday while emergency surgery is performed 7 days a week.
Contact: For any questions, email info@nph.org
