Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos

Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos
Vilnius University
Main building of Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos
Location within Vilnius
Geography
Location	Santariškių g. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania
Coordinates	54°45′7″N 25°16′40″E / 54.75194°N 25.27778°ECoordinates: 54°45′7″N 25°16′40″E / 54.75194°N 25.27778°E
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Hospital type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Vilnius University
Services
Emergency department	Yes
History
Founded	1980
Links
Website	www.santa.lt
Lists	Hospitals in Lithuania

Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos (Lithuanian: Vilniaus Universiteto ligoninės Santariškių klinikos) in Vilnius, Lithuania is a teaching hospital of the Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine. Santariškių Klinikos is co-funded by the Lithuanian Ministry of Health and Vilnius University. It has a staff of 5168 employees, including 331 medical doctors and 40 habilitated medical doctors.

History

The Vilnius University Hospital Santariškių Klinikos was founded as the Republican Vilnius Clinical Hospital in November, 1980, when the block of therapy and divisions of diagnostics started working. In 1982, the first patients were admitted to the Consultative Out-patient Department, whereas the block of surgery was opened in 1983.

Centers and departments

• Centre of Neurology
• Centre of Medical Genetics
• Centre of Abdominal surgery
• Centre of Anaesthesiology, Intensive therapy and Pain Management
• Centre of Family Medicine
• Centre of Hepatology, Gastroenterology and Dietetics
• Centre of Laboratory medicine
• Centre of Nephrology
• Centre of Pulmonary Hypertension Referral
• Centre of Pulmonology and Allergology
• Centre of Rheumatology
• Department of Clinical Pharmacology
• Nursing Study Centre
• Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Centre
• Urology Centre
• Centre of Informatics and Development

External links

• Official website (Lithuanian)
• Official website (English)