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

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, situated in

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

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, 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

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department was created, and in 1957 the

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and

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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 Today all the original buildings on ''Ålidbacken'' have been demolished and been replaced by the current hospital.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

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, TV4 and

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

References

External links

website of the University Hospital of Umeå
{{DEFAULTSORT:Umea, University Hospital of Hospital buildings completed in 1907 Hospitals established in 1907 Umeå University 1907 establishments in Sweden Teaching hospitals in Sweden Buildings and structures in Umeå 20th-century establishments in Västerbotten County