Invest in a Pediatric Center of Excellence Recognized in France
Addressing the Pediatric Medicine Crisis in France
In France, pediatric medicine is unquestionably the sector where the shortage of physicians and nurses is most sorely felt. With only 8,500 practicing pediatricians, France ranks 22nd in terms of pediatrician density out of 31 OECD member countries. Waiting lists for pediatric care are getting longer, and these lengthy delays are increasingly becoming a deterrent for families.
The Paris region is no exception to the rule. In the capital and its suburbs, access to pediatric care is increasingly complex and limited. Public hospitals alone account for 90% of all pediatric activity in the country. Completely overwhelmed today, these hospitals can no longer meet demand for care, whether planned or emergency. We must urgently invest in children's healthcare and offer gamilies an effective alternative access to care.
Embodying the Pediatric Medicine of Tomorrow
Among private hospitals, the American Hospital of Paris is the most well suited to develop a general and multidisciplinary pediatric center within its existing infrastructure. The current pediatric unit of the American Hospital of Paris, located in our Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, is staffed by a team of generalist and specialist pediatricians. Our state-of-the-art diagnostic and testing infrastructure, combined with unparalleled expertise, enables us to offer exclusive pediatric medical services.
However, to effectively meet the healthcare needs of our region’s children and teenagers, the American Hospital of Paris must significantly increase its pediatric capacity over the next two years. This will require expanding services in medicine and surgery as well as rethinking the entire pediatric care pathway to ensure continuity and quality at every step of a child’s life. Because our pediatric services are currently spread throughout the Hospital’s various adult care departments, we will need to create clearly distinguishable units and adapt the environment to the specific needs of children and their families.
Facilitating Rapid Access to Care by Developing a Hospital within the Hospital
Located in the Florence Gould Building (Building F), our center will comprise different spaces entirely dedicated to young patients. In continuous collaboration with the Hospital’s cutting-edge medical imaging center, five departments will cover the entire scope of conventional and specialized pediatric medicine while ensuring more fluid care pathways:
Consultations / 6 consultation rooms
Day Hospital / 7 chairs and beds
Medical Surgical Unit / 3 patient rooms - 1 resuscitation room - 1 inhalation room - 2 play/waiting rooms
Inpatient Unit / 15 beds
Surgery Unit / 1 operating room - 1 recovery room
Building a Center of Excellence Recognized in France
In keeping with the American Hospital of Paris’s strategy, our pediatric center will be integral to the emergence of our new private hospital model. Based on a hybrid of academic-focused medicine and private medical practice, this model also aims to increase our doctors’ participation in activities relating to clinical research, teaching and innovation.
In November, Professor Alain Gervaix will take the helm of the pediatric center. His mission will be to develop synergies with our partners in Paris and in the United States, in particular Necker-Enfants Malades children’s hospital, Institut Imagine, Université Paris-Saclay, Columbia University, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
We need you!
Today you can choose to support this ambitious project and thereby guarantee better access to excellent pediatric care for our French and international patients and their families. At the same time, you will contribute to expanding the renown of the American Hospital of Paris by enabling the construction of a new center of expertise, recognized in France and abroad and due to be fully operational by March 2026.
Budget Forecast
Construction and equipment: €8 million
Operations: €14.4 million annually
Human Resources: €5.6 million annually
Research and Innovation: €1 million annually
Total annual budget: €29 million
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