Ullevål University Hospital
| Ullevål | |
| Oslo University Hospital | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Oslo, Norway |
| Coordinates | 59°56′12.51″N 10°44′14.73″E / 59.9368083°N 10.737425°ECoordinates: 59°56′12.51″N 10°44′14.73″E / 59.9368083°N 10.737425°E |
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| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | University of Oslo |
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| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Helipad | Yes |
| Beds | 1,200 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1887 |
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| Website | http://www.ulleval.no |
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Ullevaal, Oslo University Hospital (Norwegian: Ullevål universitetssykehus) was opened[citation needed] in 1887. From January 1, 2009, the hospital is part of the Oslo University Hospital.
Ullevål has more than 8,600 employees. 940 of them are doctors and 2,400 nurses. With a total of 1,200 beds Ullevål, admits some 45,000 patients per year and its policlinics have about 400,000 consultations per year. The main hospital is located near the centre of the Norwegian capital Oslo.
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[edit] 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, 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 station of the Oslo Tramway, located on the Ullevål Hageby Line and served by trams 17 and 18.
[edit] 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 [1]
- Surgical Division
- Women and Children's Division
[edit] Reorganization
Psykoseenheten for ungdom ("psychosis" + "unit" + "for" + "youth") has been scheduled to cease operations by 2012.[1][2]
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Division of Radiology and Division of Laboratory Medicine merged in 2005. The name Lab/Rad Division is a temporary name.
[edit] References
- ^ Simenstad, Line Madsen (2011-12-03). (in Norwegian)Klassekampen: p. 12. "[translation of quote: While all of Norway is trying to digest Anders Behring Breiviks's diagnosis of psychosis, one of the nation's most important professional environments regarding psychosis — is about to be decommissioned.] Mens hele Norge forsøker å fordøye Anders Behring Breiviks psykosediagnose, er et av landets viktigste fagmiljøer innen psykose i ferd med å nedlegges."
- ^ http://www.dagsavisen.no/innenriks/article524277.ece
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