Red Cross Hospital in
Kaunas is the oldest still functioning
hospital in the city and in
Lithuania.
History
Hospital was founded November 29, 1908.
Around this hospital the Medical faculty of the Higher Courses (later developed to
University of Lithuania
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
Initially it was k ...
) were established, and until
Kaunas Medical University Clinics were built it was main hospital of Kaunas and since 1922 it was
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
of
Vytautas Magnus University
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) ( lt, Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas (VDU)) is a public university in Kaunas, Lithuania. The university was founded in 1922 during the interwar period as an alternate national university.
Initially it was known ...
. Since closure of University in Kaunas 1951 it became teaching hospital of
Kaunas Medical Institute and since 1989 -
Kaunas University of Medicine.
The hospital is located in the
Centras elderate on the corner of
Laisvės Alėja
Laisvės Alėja (literally Liberty Boulevard or Liberty Avenue) is a prominent pedestrian street in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. It stretches between the St. Michael the Archangel's Byzantine-style church to the Central Post Office and ...
and
Gediminas street, and
Nepriklausomybės square.
References
* ''Skirmantas Juozas Paukštys, Kaunas: Raudonojo Kryžiaus klinikinė ligoninė. Arx Baltica, Kaunas. 2006. 126p.''
Hospitals in Kaunas
Hospitals in Lithuania
Teaching hospitals
Hospitals established in 1908
1908 establishments in the Russian Empire
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