Oulu University Hospital

Oulu University Hospital (OUH, Finnish: Oulun yliopistollinen sairaala, OYS) is a university hospital in Oulu, Finland. It is the northernmost of the five university hospitals in Finland.[2]

Oulu University Hospital
Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District
Hospital buildings
Geography
LocationKontinkangas, Oulu, FI
Coordinates65°00′27″N 025°31′07″E
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Oulu
Services
Bedsca. 900
HelipadICAO: EFHO
History
Opened1973[1]
Links
Websitewww.ppshp.fi

The Oulu University Hospital is affiliated with the University of Oulu, and it is used as a teaching hospital by the Faculty of Medicine. The hospital was established in 1973. In 1963–1972 the teaching hospital of the university was the Oulu provincial hospital.[1] The hospital serves as the central hospital for Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was previously named as Oulu University Central Hospital (Finnish: Oulun yliopistollinen keskussairaala, OYKS).

The hospital is owned and operated by the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District (Finnish: Pohjois-Pohjanmaan sairaanhoitopiiri) which is a joint municipal authority responsible for production of specialized medical services in the region. It also owns and operates two other hospitals: Oulaskangas Hospital in Oulainen and Visala Hospital in Ylivieska.[2] At the turn of the 1990s, the Oulunsuu hospital and Heikinharju hospital were attached to the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and they became OYS Psychiatry.

Future hospital 2030 project
The first section under construction

The current hospital buildings are being demolished and rebuilt in sections[3] to assure the operation of the hospital during the project. The first section is estimated to be ready in 2023 and the massive project is to be fully completed in 2030 with a total cost of up to a billion euroes[4].

References
  1. Manninen, Turo (1995). Oulun kaupungin historia VI [History of the City of Oulu VI] (in Finnish). Oulun kaupunki. pp. 182, 184–186. ISBN 951-9234-48-9.
  2. "Oulu University Hospital". Oulu: Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District. 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  3. "Website of hospital project". Oys 2030. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  4. Ervasti, Antti (28 August 2018). "News article in Finnish". Kaleva. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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