Aigio General Hospital
The Aigio General Hospital (Greek: Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αιγίου), also known as General Hospital of Eastern Achaia - Unit of Aigio[1][2] is a public general hospital situated a few kilometres out of the town of Aigio in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. It has a capacity of 100 beds. The hospital performs the greatest number of laparoscopic surgeries in Greece, while more than 50,000 people are examined on a yearly basis. The total personnel of the hospital numbered 217 in 2013[3]. It supports the operation of two sectors.[4] The internal medicine sector (capacity 50 beds) has three departments: Internal Medicine (known as "pathology" in Greek medical practice), Cardiology and Paediatrics. The surgical sector (capacity 50 beds) has 6 departments: Surgical, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedic, Urological, Dental and Anaesthesiology. In 2007 the operating rooms of the surgery department were destroyed by fire and were totally rebuilt in 2008.[5]
General Hospital of Aigio | |
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Geography | |
Location | Aigio, Achaia, Greece |
Organisation | |
Care system | Publicly funded health care |
Type | Clinical |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 100 |
History | |
Opened | 1958 (new building 1995) |
Links | |
Website | http://www.gnaigio.gr/aigio/ (In Greek) |
Lists | Hospitals in Greece |
Gallery
- Entrance view of the General Hospital of Aigio
References
- Government Gazette (Greek: Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos) ΦΕΚ Β 1435/ 30.04.2012 regarding the organizational structure of the General Hospital of Aigio
- Operation of a modern CT scanner in the Aigio General Hospital (Newspaper "Peloponnisos", 03/07/2017)
- http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/224782
- Government Gazette (Greek: Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos) ΦΕΚ Β 1435/ 30.04.2012 regarding the organizational structure of the General Hospital of Aigio
- Reconstruction of the operation theaters of Aigio hospital and renewal of equipment, Public Enterprise for the Construction of Medical Units (DEPANOM)