Mission and values

Hôtel-Dieu de France’s mission focuses on several key dimensions:

Provide patients with cutting-edge medicine and quality care.
HDF, with 29,000 hospitalizations and 30,000 emergency visits per year, addresses the medical needs of the Lebanese community across the country, as well as individuals from Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and beyond.

Train healthcare professionals to serve patients and the community.
In collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine and various health institutions at USJ, HDFcontributes each year to the training of 100 medical interns and 250 residents, as well as a number of nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, psychomotor therapists, and other healthcare professionals.

Participate in the advancement of medicine, particularly through the promotion of top-level research in various medical and nursing fields.

Promote mutual respect and welcome individuals seeking care without discrimination.

Serve the community’s public health needs and maintain external consultations for public assistance.

Be a national and regional reference center.
Hôtel-Dieu de France is deeply committed to a set of values shared by all its administrative and healthcare personnel. These values reflect the mission and vision of HDF and are at the core of each of its decisions.

Excellence: The constant drive to remain at the forefront of human and technological progress across medical, academic, scientific, and administrative levels.
Service: A spirit of service where each member of the hospital team, regardless of their position, contributes according to their skills and maintains a focus on patient satisfaction.
Diversity: HDF is enriched by the diversity of its staff, collaborators, and patients, within the socio-political and cultural context specific to Lebanon.
Partnership: HDF is a central figure in a healthcare network composed of several establishments from various regions, recognized as an agent of excellence by its partners, and working collaboratively with them.
Leadership: Fostering leadership that encourages all stakeholders to express their ideas, participate in decision-making, and take on more responsibility and empowerment.

Hôtel-Dieu de France aspires to become a “reference University Hospital at both national and regional levels, providing the highest quality of care, organized into networks and centered around centers of excellence."