The Clinical Centre of Niš ( sr, Клинички Центар у Нишу; abbr. КЦН / KCN) is a medical centre located in

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

, Serbia. It serves as the main medical centre for both Niš and Southern and Southeastern Serbia.

History

The Clinical Centre of Niš was established on 14 November 1990. It is the second largest hospital in Serbia after

Clinical Centre of Serbia The University Clinical Centre of Serbia ( sr, Универзитетски клинички центар Србије; abbr. УKЦС / UKCS) is an academic medical centre located in Belgrade, Serbia. It serves as the main medical centre for both ...

(based in

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) and serves more than 2 million people mostly from Southern and Southeastern Serbia. In December 2017, new main building of the Clinical Centre spreading over 45,000 square meters with surrounding clinics and building was officially opened. The estimated cost of the investment, including the purchase of new medical equipment, stands at 50 million

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s. In January 2018, the Emergency Center moved in new building of the Clinical Centre. In April 2019, a helipad was opened.

Organization

The Clinical Centre of Niš contains 28 organisational units, of which 22 are

clinics 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 need ...

, 3 institution centers other service units. The complex also houses the

University of Niš The University of Niš ( sr, Универзитет у Нишу, Univerzitet u Nišu) is a public university in Serbia. It was founded in 1965 and consists of 13 faculties with 1,492 academic staff and around 20,500 students (as of 2018–19 sch ...

Faculty Of Medicine. As of 2017, the Clinical Centre has a capacity of 1,525 beds and has more than 3,000 employees, of which 745 are doctors and more than 1,500 other medical workers. Annually, more than half million patients are treated, 55,000

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and over 75,000 surgeries performed.

References

External links

Official website
Hospitals in Serbia Hospitals established in 1990 1990 establishments in Serbia Buildings and structures in Niš Hospital buildings completed in 2017 {{Europe-hospital-stub

History

Organization

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