Located in the heart of downtown St Pierre, it saw the birth of several generations before being abandoned. Since 2013 and the relocation of its services to the outlying district of Graves, the old hospital had to disappear from the local landscape. What is his future ?
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Posted on December 22, 2020 at 4:07 p.m., updated on December 22, 2020 at 4:26 p.m.
For seven years, this large square building, located in the city center of Saint-Pierre has only welcomed firefighters for their exercises or film crews during filming. The old hospital is gradually decaying under the effect of time.
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Today it is owned by CHFD, the François Dunan Hospital Center. In 2004, the local authority concluded an exchange agreement between the land in the Graves district and that in the city center. This agreement provided for the construction of an Ehpad, or a retirement home. The project has not yet seen the light of day, due to lack of funding. At the time, the community denounced this situation and a legal battle followed, until 2018 and the termination of this agreement. The same year, the hospital bought the Graves land for more than one million euros.
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For the CHFD, the option of destruction is preferred… But the cost remains to be determined. A call for tenders was sent out with several objectives: to remove asbestos (the slabs and floor coverings would contain asbestos), then to demolish the building. The deadline for receipt for interested companies is February 15, 2021.
The old hospital of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon was put into service at the end of the 1950s. A diagnosis is planned for the month of June 2021, it is still too early to determine what will replace it.
Reportage Martine Briand, Aldric Lahiton
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