The University Clinical Centre of Serbia ( sr, Универзитетски клинички центар Србије; abbr. УKЦС / UKCS) is an
academic medical centre
An academic medical centre (AMC), variously also known as academic health science centre, academic health science system, or academic health science partnership, is an educational and healthcare institute formed by the grouping of a health profess ...
located in
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
. It serves as the main medical centre for both Belgrade and the rest of Serbia.
Organization
It contains 41 organisational units, of which 23 are
clinic
A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ...
s, 9 centers, polyclinic and other service units.
The complex also houses the
Belgrade School of Medicine and the Medical High School. Clinical Centre spreads over 34 hectares on the territory of
Savski Venac
Savski Venac ( sr-cyr, Савски Венац, ) is a Subdivisions of Belgrade, municipality of the city of Belgrade. According to the 2011 census results, the municipality has a population of 39,122 inhabitants.
It is one of the three municipal ...
, and it consists of about 50 buildings, with a total floor space of 280,000 square meters (3,113,000 square ft).
The University Clinical Centre of Serbia has 3,150 beds,
considered to be the highest number in
Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
,
and among
highest in the world.
Annually, around one million patients are treated, 90,000
hospitalized
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency ...
, over 50,000
surgeries
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
performed, and more than 7,000
childbirth
Childbirth, also known as labour and delivery, is the ending of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean section. In 2019, there were about 140.11 million births globall ...
s performed.
As of June 2019, the health centre has 7,386 employees.
In August 2018, the
President of Serbia
The president of Serbia ( sr, Председник Србије, Predsednik Srbije), officially styled as the President of the Republic ( sr, Председник Републике, Predsednik Republike) is the head of state of Serbia.
The curr ...
announced that the
Government of Serbia
The Government of Serbia ( sr, Влада Србије, Vlada Srbije), formally the Government of the Republic of Serbia ( sr, Влада Републике Србије, Vlada Republike Srbije), commonly abbreviated to Serbian Government ( sr, ...
is investing 110 million
euro
The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...
s in complex' facilities reconstruction from 2018 to 2022.
On 27 February 2022, the renovated Clinical Centre was opened; total cost amounted 260 million euros.
See also
*
Healthcare in Serbia
Healthcare in Serbia is delivered by means of a universal health care system.
Current system
The healthcare system is managed by the National Health Insurance Fund (RFZO), which covers all citizens and permanent residents. All employees, self-emp ...
*
List of hospitals in Serbia
This is a list of hospitals in Serbia.
Organization
As of January 2016, there were 306 public healthcare institutions in Serbia, operated by the Ministry of Health of Serbia. The ministry classifies hospitals into five categories:
* Healthcare c ...
References
External links
*
{{Authority control
Hospitals in Serbia
Buildings and structures in Belgrade
Hospitals established in 1983
Savski Venac