People's General Hospital ( el, Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών «Λαϊκό») is a public teaching hospital in Athens, Greece. The hospital belongs to the Greek National Healthcare System under the 1st Healthcare Region of Attica and comprises numerous clinics, labs, inpatient wards and outpatient departments.

History

Laiko General was established in

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as "Λαϊκόν Νοσοκομείον Αθηνών"(People's Hospital of Athens), a

Legal Entity of Public Law According to the article 101 of the Constitution of Greece "The administration of the State shall be organized according to the principle of decentralization" and therefore the organization of the State includes both central and decentralized bodies ...

in the location of the University pavilion in Goudi under the

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(then referred to as the Ministry of State Hygiene and Perception). The hospital's founding purpose was to provide fundamental health services for indigent citizens-and was thus named "Λαϊκόν" (People's)-and the concurrent training of doctors, medical students and nurses. The hospital gradually expanded to include more departments, equipment and clinics and housed a

Physical Therapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

and

Nursing School Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ca ...

Hospital departments

Laiko General Hospital is organized under three main departments: Pathology,

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 Laboratory Depts. The hospital also has seven Centers of Expertise for Rare Diseases, namely: # Center for

Thalassaemia Thalassemias are inherited blood disorders characterized by decreased hemoglobin production. Symptoms depend on the type and can vary from none to severe. Often there is mild to severe anemia (low red blood cells or hemoglobin). Anemia can result ...

and Sickle Cell Disease - Rare Hematological Diseases # 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special

Nosology Nosology () is the branch of medical science that deals with the classification of diseases. Fully classifying a medical condition requires knowing its cause (and that there is only one cause), the effects it has on the body, the symptoms that ...

( Endocrinology Unit) of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare neuroendocrine neoplasms #

Pathophysiology Pathophysiology ( physiopathology) – a convergence of pathology with physiology – is the study of the disordered physiological processes that cause, result from, or are otherwise associated with a disease or injury. Pathology is the ...

Clinic and Lab of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare

connective tissue Connective tissue is one of the four primary types of animal tissue, along with epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue. It develops from the mesenchyme derived from the mesoderm the middle embryonic germ layer. Connective tiss ...

diseases and musculoskeletal disorders # Pathophysiology Clinic and Lab of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic

autoinflammatory Periodic fever syndromes are a set of disorders characterized by recurrent episodes of systemic and organ-specific inflammation. Unlike autoimmune disorders such as systemic lupus erythematosus, in which the disease is caused by abnormalities of ...

and autoimmune diseases # 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special Nosology (Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Unit) of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic diseases of connective tissues and musculoskeletal disorders # 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special Nosology (Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases Unit) of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases # 1st Pathology Clinic (Endocrinology Unit) of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare

endocrinological The endocrine system is a messenger system comprising feedback loops of the hormones released by internal glands of an organism directly into the circulatory system, regulating distant target organs. In vertebrates, the hypothalamus is the neur ...

diseases The Center for Rare skeletal diseases of Laiko General Hospital has been active since May 2018 as a reference center, while the positive opinion of the Central Health Council (KESY) on its recognition as a Center of Expertise has been forwarded to the Ministry of Health since May 2020 and publication in the official Government Gazette (FEK) is awaited.

References

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