Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital was opened in 1887. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of the Oslo University Hospital

Oslo University Hospital

The Oslo University Hospital is one of the largest hospital in Scandinavia, with a working force of more than 20,000. It was established on 1 January 2009, by the merger of three of the university hospitals in Oslo: Rikshospitalet , Ullevål University Hospital , and Aker University...

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Ullevål has more than 8,600 employees. 940 of them are doctor

Physician

A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...

s and 2,400 nurses. With a total of 1,200 beds Ullevål, admits some 45,000 patients per year and its polyclinic

Polyclinic

Polyclinics in England are intended to offer a far greater range of services than can be offered by current general practitioner practices and local health centres. In addition to traditional GP services they would offer extended urgent care, healthy living services, community mental health...

s have about 400,000 consultations per year. The main hospital is located near the centre of the Norwegian capital Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

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Overview

Ullevaal University Hospital is a highly specialised hospital with many different functions. The hospital also runs many residency training programmes for different groups engaged in health care, such as doctors, nurses and medical laboratory technicians. The hospital is a level I trauma center, servicing approximately half of Norway's population.

The Hospital is affiliated with the medical faculty of the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

, and constitutes one the faculty's five faculty divisions (which are all hospitals in the Oslo area; the faculty additionally consists of five institutes). As such, medical research and education is an important task of Ullevål University Hospital.

The hospital is served by Ullevål sykehus

Ullevål sykehus (station)

Ullevål sykehus is a light rail station on the Ullevål Hageby Line of the Oslo Tramway. It is located on the south-western side of Ullevål University Hospital, at the intersection of Sognsveien and Kirkeveien....

 station of the Oslo Tramway, located on the Ullevål Hageby Line

Ullevål Hageby Line

The Ullevål Hageby Line is a light rail section of the Oslo Tramway. It runs from Stortorvet in the city center of Oslo, Norway to Rikshospitalet. It passes through the areas of St. Hanshaugen, Ullevål Hageby and Blindern before reaching Gaustad...

and served by trams 17 and 18.

Services

Currently, the hospital is divided into the following divisions:

• Administration
• Heart & Lung Centre
• Division of Internal Services
• Medical Division
• Orthopaedic Centre
• Pre-Hospital Division
• Psychiatric Division
• Lab/Rad Division
• Surgical Division
• Women and Children's Division

Footnotes

1. Division of Radiology and Division of Laboratory Medicine merged in 2005. The name Lab/Rad Division is a temporary name.

External links

• Ullevål University Hospital
• Faculty Division Ullevål University Hospital, University of Oslo