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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
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 ...
) 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
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 ...
and over 75,000 surgeries performed.


See also

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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 ...
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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


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