Rigshospitalet Glostrup is located in the township of
Glostrup
Glostrup is a Danish town in Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated population of 22,357 .
During the 20th century Glostrup developed from ...
8 km from the center of
Copenhagen
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. It is owned and managed by the regional health authority of the Greater Copenhagen region,
Region Hovedstaden
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. The hospital was formerly known as Glostrup Hospital, but after the merger with Rigshospitalet 1/1/2015, it is now known as Rigshospitalet Glostrup.
A
teaching hospital
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for students of multiple vocations, Rigshospitalet Glostrup is affiliated with the
University of Copenhagen
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and more than 200 of its employees hold academic posts at the university, including 14 professorial chairs.
It is the primary hospital for the 165,000 citizens of the townships of
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,
Ishøj
Ishøj is a Danish town with a population of 20,017 (1 January 2015).Høje-Taastrup,
Glostrup
Glostrup is a Danish town in Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated population of 22,357 .
During the 20th century Glostrup developed from ...
, and
Vallensbæk
Vallensbæk is a seaside western suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is part of the Greater Copenhagen Area. It forms its own municipality, Vallensbæk Municipality, which is one of the smallest Danish municipalities. It borders Køge Bay, and the ...
and as a secondary referral center for larger parts of
Region Hovedstaden
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in
neurosurgery
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,
clinical neurophysiology
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,
neurology
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, and
occupational medicine
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. Several high-profiled subspecialized clinical centers with research activities are incorporated in the departments of the Glostrup Hospital, including the Danish Headache Center.
Annual visits number 230,000 patients, including 40,000
in-patient
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s, and 18,000 surgical procedures. With 3,200 employees, 512 beds, Eastern Denmark's largest
emergency department
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and the country's largest
ophthalmology
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An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a medic ...
department, the Glostrup Hospital is currently undergoing expansion and reorganization to make it a regional and national center in selected specialties while continuing to serve the local community as a general hospital.
Architecturally, Rigshospitalet Glostrup is renowned as an example of new public institutions built in the first decades after
World War II
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. Built from the ground in 1952-1958 after an international competition won by architects
Martta Martikainen-Ypyä
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She was born Martha Irene Martikainen in Iisalmi and trained with architects and . From 1928 to 1936, she was architect for office buildings for the ...
,
Ragnar Ypyä
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Origin and variations
The Proto-Germanic forms of the compounds are "ragina" (counsel) and "harjaz" or " ...
, and
Veikko Malmio
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* Veikko Aaltonen (born 1955), Finnish director, editor, sound editor, and production manager
* Veikko Asikainen (1918–2002), Finnish footballer
* Veikko Ennala (1922-19 ...
, the hospital was officially inaugurated September 2, 1958 by king
Frederick IX of Denmark
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