Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya (''English'': General Teaching Hospital of Catalonia) is a private hospital in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, and also serves as the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Catalonia (UIC). Whilst the hospital officially does not specify in any medical field, it is one of the highest rated in Catalonia for

general surgery General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on alimentary canal and abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid ...

. The hospital is equipped with five operating theatres and over 20 general surgeons. Furthermore, a large part of the hospital's area is dedicated to inpatient suites where patients are kept before and after

surgery 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 ...

and additionally in cases of needing prolonged medical attention or observation.

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{{Authority control Hospitals in Catalonia Buildings and structures in Vallès Occidental Sant Cugat del Vallès Hospitals established in 1984