University Hospital of Umeå, in Swedish Norrlands universitetssjukhus (Nus), is the major hospital in northern Sweden, situated in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

. The hospital employs 5,600 people. It is also a teaching hospital for

Umeå University Umeå University ( sv, Umeå universitet; Ume Sami: ) is a public research university located in Umeå, in the mid-northern region of Sweden. The university was founded in 1965 and is the fifth oldest within Sweden's present borders. As of 2 ...

, with the Faculty of Medicine as the responsible authority; 13 departments and two science centres, 12 undergraduate academic programmes, and several master programmes. Within the faculty there are about 3,400 undergraduate and 600 postgraduate students, and about 1,200 staff, of which about 45 percent are teachers/researchers.

History

It was founded as a ''lasarett'' in 1784, known as the Yellow House (''Gula huset''), on '' Storgatan'' 28 in Umeå. It had eight beds. The building still remains but is no longer used by the hospital. As Umeå expanded a new hospital was built on ''Ålidbacken'' in central Umeå. It was started in 1907 (celebrating its

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in 2007). It had 134 beds. In 1918 the hospital was expanded further. In 1926 the eye clinic was completed, in 1937 a new pediatrics department was created, and in 1957 the

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and obstetrics department was opened up. Today all the original buildings on ''Ålidbacken'' have been demolished and been replaced by the current hospital. A photographing ban was introduced in 2011 by the Västerbotten County Council, citing the integrity of patients and personnel. The ban was however not limited to the hospital but included all premises of the County Council. The ban has been met with protests, including from Sveriges Television,

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and

Västerbottens-Kuriren ''Västerbottens-Kuriren'' (also known as VK) is a Swedish newspaper founded in 1900. It is published in Umeå, Västerbotten, Sweden. The newspaper covers regional news from the region Västerbotten (with the exception of the municipalities Mala, ...

References

External links

website of the University Hospital of Umeå
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