The Peijas Hospital is a

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belonging to the Helsinki and Uusimaa hospital district (HUS), located in

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. Since 2001 the hospital has been part of the functionality division of the Helsinki region university central hospital. The first construction phase, designed by architect Pekka Terävä, was completed in 1990, and the second phase was completed in 1993. The third phase, designed under the leadership of architect Pekka Koivula, was completed from 2005 to 2007. It expanded the total area by a third, about 16 500 m².Peijaksen Sairaala
1/2007, projektiuutiset.fi. Accessed on 13 March 2015. The expansion also added a

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to the hospital. The hospital has bed places for 267 patients, also places for 50 psychiatric patients and 16 places at the Kerava Klondyke. There are 1 450 employees, of which 1 100 work at the Peijas Hospital building.Opinnäytetyö Laureaan
/ref> The Peijas Hospital has good public transport connections with stops for several Vantaa internal bus lines and bus lines from

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and

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. The hospital is also a walking distance away from the

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railway stations.

References

External links

Official site

Peijaksen sairaalan joukkoliikenne: kartta lähimmistä pysäkeistä (pdf)

Hankkeita: Peijaksen sairaalan laajennus (2007)
(ark-koivula.fi)
Peijaksen päivytyksessä pitkät jonot – sakko uhkaa Attendoa (24.5.2014)
(vantaansanomat.fi) {{Authority control Hospitals in Finland Hospitals established in 1990 Buildings and structures in Vantaa