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Hospital Universitario de Canarias or University Hospital of the Canary Islands it is a teaching
hospital 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 emergen ...
of general scope in
Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the Archipelago, archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitant ...
(
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, :es:Canarias, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to ...
,
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...
). Located in the city of
San Cristóbal de La Laguna San Cristóbal de La Laguna (commonly known as La Laguna, ) is a city and municipality in the northern part of the island of Tenerife in the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, on the Canary Islands, Spain. The city is the third-most populous ci ...
. Affiliated with the education and research network of the
Universidad de La Laguna The University of La Laguna (ULL; Spanish: ''Universidad de La Laguna'') is a public research university situated in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, on the island of Tenerife, Spain. It is the oldest university in the Canary Islands. The university ...
it is under the directive of the Servicio Canario de Salud (Canary Health Service). The hospital has specialist facilities which not only serve Tenerife but the surrounding
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, :es:Canarias, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to ...
. Founded in 1971 under the name of ''General and Clinical Hospital of Tenerife'' a floor area of near the Autopista del Norte de Tenerife surface. With a total of 2,534 professionals is geared to health care in the north of Tenerife, and referral hospital for the island of
La Palma La Palma (, ), also known as ''La isla bonita'' () and officially San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the eight main Canary Islands. The ...
. It is near the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, a referral hospital in some specialties in Spain. The Hospital Universitario de Canarias was also the first hospital in the Canary Islands hold the category of
University Hospital A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. These hospitals are typically affiliated with a medical school or university. The following i ...
,Una deuda pendiente con el HUC. A quien convenga
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See also

* Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria


References


External links


Official site
(in Spanish) Hospital buildings completed in 1971 Teaching hospitals in Spain Hospitals in Tenerife Hospitals established in 1971 San Cristóbal de La Laguna 1971 establishments in Spain Hospitals in the Canary Islands {{Europe-hospital-stub