Saint George Hospital University Medical Center (Arabic: مستشفى القديس جاورجيوس للروم الأرثوذكس or مستشفى القديس جاورجيوس الجامعي), also known as Al-Roum Hospital (Arabic: مستشفى الروم), is the oldest Lebanese Christian founded teaching hospital in 1878, It is affiliated with Saint George University of Beirut and one of the three leading[1] Lebanese medical centres, located in Rmeil, Beirut, Lebanon.
[3] A member of the Orthodox community, he donated two rooms in his Gemayze home to be used as a clinic and in-patient facility.
[8][failed verification] The building was severely damaged and considered too dangerous to enter.
[10][11] Although the hospital was forced to temporarily close after the explosion, enough restoration work was completed by the end of August to allow one floor to become operational again.
[4][12] Chief Medical Officer Alexandre Nehme estimated that it would take more than US$40 million and about a year to bring the whole hospital back up to operational status.