The Cova da Beira University Hospital Center (CHUCB - Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira) is a Portuguese state-run hospital center in the Cova da Beira subregion. It has the role of

teaching hospital A teaching hospital or university hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities a ...

of the

University of Beira Interior The University of Beira Interior (UBI; Portuguese: ) is a public university located in the city of Covilhã, Portugal. It was created in 1979, and has about 6,879 students distributed across a multiplicity of graduation courses, awarding all ac ...

, and is composed by two autonomous hospitals located in the neighbouring cities of

Covilhã Covilhã (), officially Covilhã City (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in the Centro, Portugal, Centro region, Portugal. The city proper had 33,691 inhabitants in 2021. The municipality population in 2021 was 46,455 in an area of . It is ...

(''Hospital Pêro da Covilhã''), established in June 1908, and Fundão (''Hospital do Fundão''), established on October 16, 1955.

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