Lahane Hospital
Lahane Hospital, officially Dr. António de Carvalho Hospital, is a historic public hospital in Lahane, on the southern edge of Dili, Timor-Leste.
The hospital began in 1864, built by the Portuguese colonial government. The current building was completed in 1906. It was first called Castro-Lahane Hospital, then King Carlos I Hospital, and after 1910 became Dr. Carvalho Hospital.
During World War II the hospital was badly damaged but was rebuilt in the postwar years. In the Indonesian era it was renamed Wira Husada Hospital and gradually fell into disrepair. The hospital is linked to events around the Santa Cruz massacre in 1991, when many injured people were cared for there.
After independence, the hospital remained in poor condition. From 2011 administrators and foreign partners began plans to restore it as Hospital of Hope, with a focus on training local health workers. In 2020 the government used the site as an isolation facility for severe COVID-19 cases, and Timor-Leste recorded its first COVID-19 death there in 2021.
Rehabilitation continued through 2020–2021, with new equipment and facilities installed. In 2022 plans were announced to establish a cardiology center at the hospital, and in 2024 the Lahane Cardiac Center began providing heart care. A palliative care center opened in August 2024. The hospital today also houses a cardiology center with urgent and inpatient services, and a pharmacy.
Today the hospital has a cardiology center and a palliative care center. It has about 150 patient rooms (as of 2020). The historic building is pre-classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The Lahane Cardiac Center (LCC) offers a dedicated heart care facility at the hospital.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 20:46 (CET).