Turku University Hospital ( fi, Turun yliopistollinen keskussairaala, TYKS, sv, Åbo universitetscentralsjukhus, ÅUCS) is a

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Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

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General information

The hospital serves as the central hospital for southwestern Finland. It is located near the city centre of Turku and the university, and has branches in the nearby towns of

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and

Paimio Paimio (; sv, Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The pop ...

. The hospital unit in

operates in a former tuberculosis sanatorium, the

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, designed by the Finnish architect

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. The hospital is owned and operated by the

Hospital District of Southwest Finland A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...

which is a joint municipal authority responsible for production of specialized

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in the region. The hospital has been affiliated with the

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since 1958 and it is used as a teaching hospital by the Faculty of Medicine. Approximately 1,500 students in medicine and nursery practice there every year. Having been founded in 1756, it is the second oldest hospital, still in use, in the

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, after

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. The hospital complex includes the Turku PET-centre, a large and advanced

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facility. There has been significant concern over the poor condition of the U-part hospital building, which has had severe air quality issues over the years, including mold and dampening of the structure. Multiple renovations have been carried out, but they have not been able to fully address the extensive issues found in the building.

Expansion

T-hospital is new part of TYKS and its construction was started 2007 and it is still under construction. In 2009 the construction of first part (part-D) was finished and it's now operational. The whole complex became operational in the end of 2012. When finished T-hospital will consist of of floor space and a

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. Further expansion is ongoing due to the poor condition of the U-part. There have been reports of severe indoor air quality issues, specifically concerning the almost 60 year old U-building. In 2015 the City of Turku approved plans to allow its demolition.

Statistics

The hospital has 900 beds and its operating volumes were in 2009 as follows: * 414,447 outpatient visits 2008 * 245,023 inpatient days of care 2008 * 57,567 episodes of hospital care 2008 The mean duration of treatment in 2008 was 4.3 days. The yearly operating costs for the hospital are 369,2 million

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s according to the budget for the fiscal year of 2009. The hospital has a staff of 3,993. The breakdown of the staff is as follows: * 481 medical doctors * 48 amanuensis * 55 academic research and nursing personnel * 2,325 nursing and paramedical personnel * 1,084 administrative, financial and service personnel

References

TYKS web site

Hospital District of Southwest Finland web site

T-hospital expansion

External links

* {{Authority control 1756 establishments in Europe Hospitals established in the 1750s Hospitals in Turku

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