Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
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Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti, founded by Larry Mellon and Gwen Grant Mellon in 1956, is an integrated rural health system that provides medical care and community health and development programs for 300,000 impoverished people in the Artibonite Valley of central Haiti. The hospital is located in Deschapelles.
Larry Mellon was inspired by the life and philosophy of Albert Schweitzer to dedicate his life to the creation of this hospital.
Visiting medical professionals from North America and abroad work with a permanent Haitian staff of almost 900. Financial support comes from partner organizations and private individuals around the world.
On the site of a decommissioned banana plantation, Larry and Gwen Mellon built and staffed a medical complex that fit the needs of a neglected rural population. Today the hospital is a perpetual swirl of peaceful activity, largely sheltered from the natural and civil disruptions of Haitian life. Dealing with difficult childbirth, malnutrition, physical trauma, and the diseases of tropical poverty, HAS serves as clinic, emergency room, school, and outpost of hope—headquarters for an integrated health system dedicated to prevention as well as cure.
