Trinité Hospital
Encyclopedia
Trinité Hospital is a hospital
in Port-au-Prince
, Haïti
. It is operated by the Médecins Sans Frontières
(MSF) which operates an emergency clinic at the hospital and in three other centers in the capital. It is where most of the injured from the 2008 Pétionville school collapse
were treated. The hospital was damaged in the 2010 Haiti earthquake
; medical treatment by MSF staff was subsequently moved to improvised tent facilities adjacent to the hospital building.
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
, Haïti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
. It is operated by the Médecins Sans Frontières
Médecins Sans Frontières
' , or Doctors Without Borders, is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organization best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland...
(MSF) which operates an emergency clinic at the hospital and in three other centers in the capital. It is where most of the injured from the 2008 Pétionville school collapse
2008 Pétionville school collapse
The Pétionville school collapse occurred on November 7, 2008, in Pétionville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haïti, when the church-operated Collège La Promesse Évangélique collapsed at around 10:00 a.m. local time...
were treated. The hospital was damaged in the 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...
; medical treatment by MSF staff was subsequently moved to improvised tent facilities adjacent to the hospital building.