Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital | |
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![]() The hospital in 2017 | |
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Geography | |
Location | Lahane , Dili, Timor-Leste |
Coordinates | 8°34′43″S 125°34′53″E / 8.5786°S 125.5814°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | General |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1864 |
The Lahane Hospital, officially Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital (Portuguese: Hospital Dr. António de Carvalho; Tetum: Óspital Dr. António de Carvalho), and also known as the old Portuguese Hospital (Portuguese: antigo Hospital Português; Tetum: antigu Ospitál Portugés), is a historic public hospital in Timor-Leste. Founded in the 1860s, the hospital is located in Lahane , at the southern edge of the capital city, Dili.
Established in 1864 by the colonial government of Portuguese Timor, the hospital's current building was completed in 1906. The hospital was badly damaged during World War II, but was restored and expanded in the postwar decades. During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, the facility was used as a military hospital and fell into disrepair. The hospital was also the site of the killing of injured victims of the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre by Indonesian soldiers and civilian hospital staff. The hospital was fully rehabilitated in 2020–2021 for use as an isolation facility for severe COVID-19 cases during the global COVID-19 pandemic, and was the site of Timor-Leste's first death from the virus. Today, the hospital is home to a cardiology center and palliative care center.