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The University Hospital Centre (sometimes also Clinical Hospital Centre) in Zagreb
, Croatia
is one of the largest hospitals in the country. It serves most of Central and Northern Croatia for specialist and acute medical procedures.
The main hospital campus is located in Kišpatićeva street in Maksimir
, and it is well known as "Rebro". The other major location, including the headquarters, is at Šalata
. There are also three other locations - the obstetrics facility at Petrova street, the rehabilitation facility at Božidarevićeva street and the dental department at Gundulićeva street.
It is a publicly funded hospital providing general and advanced medical care, one of the largest hospitals in Croatia, equipped with 2100 hospital beds and some 4712 permanent staff and as many medical student working at the hospital.
Hospital is one of few in Europe to have gamma knife and by scope of medical procedures hospital can easily be considered as one of the best medical facilities in central and southern Europe.
Faculty of Medicine were founded in the 1920s.
In 2002 than SDP Government of Ivica Račan
agreed to invest 75 million euros in to expanding the hospital, which would enable hospital to move most clinics that were spread-out across the city in to one central location but also adding new surgical wing with additional 36 operating theaters, by the end of 2008 most of the works were completed, although some work is still ongoing. Hospital once completed should have around 2500 beds. , the hospital consists of 30 clinics and 7 specialized institutes,
Since July 2010, the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a respiratory disease
clinic located near Rebro, is part of the University Hospital Centre.
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
is one of the largest hospitals in the country. It serves most of Central and Northern Croatia for specialist and acute medical procedures.
The main hospital campus is located in Kišpatićeva street in Maksimir
Maksimir
Maksimir is one of the neighborhoods of Zagreb, Croatia. Maksimir stadium and Maksimir Park are located in it. It was named after the bishop Maksimilijan Vrhovac....
, and it is well known as "Rebro". The other major location, including the headquarters, is at Šalata
Šalata
Šalata is an upper-class residential neighborhood in Zagreb, Croatia. It is administratively part of the Gornji Grad - Medveščak city district in the northern part of Zagreb and it has a population of 1,929....
. There are also three other locations - the obstetrics facility at Petrova street, the rehabilitation facility at Božidarevićeva street and the dental department at Gundulićeva street.
It is a publicly funded hospital providing general and advanced medical care, one of the largest hospitals in Croatia, equipped with 2100 hospital beds and some 4712 permanent staff and as many medical student working at the hospital.
Hospital is one of few in Europe to have gamma knife and by scope of medical procedures hospital can easily be considered as one of the best medical facilities in central and southern Europe.
History
The hospital was established in 1942 as the University Hospital Zagreb, when the main site (Rebro) was first built. Other individual hospital locations existed from earlier periods - the first Clinical Hospitals of the University of ZagrebUniversity of Zagreb
The University of Zagreb is the biggest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of Southeastern Europe...
Faculty of Medicine were founded in the 1920s.
In 2002 than SDP Government of Ivica Račan
Ivica Racan
Ivica Račan was a Croatian career politician, leader of the League of Communists of Croatia and later Social Democratic Party from 1989 to 2007...
agreed to invest 75 million euros in to expanding the hospital, which would enable hospital to move most clinics that were spread-out across the city in to one central location but also adding new surgical wing with additional 36 operating theaters, by the end of 2008 most of the works were completed, although some work is still ongoing. Hospital once completed should have around 2500 beds. , the hospital consists of 30 clinics and 7 specialized institutes,
Since July 2010, the Clinical Hospital "Jordanovac", a respiratory disease
Respiratory disease
Respiratory disease is a medical term that encompasses pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange possible in higher organisms, and includes conditions of the upper respiratory tract, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, pleura and pleural cavity, and the...
clinic located near Rebro, is part of the University Hospital Centre.
External links
- http://www.klinika-jordanovac.hr/