Aigio General Hospital

The Aigio General Hospital (Greek: Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αιγίου), also known as General Hospital of Eastern Achaia - Unit of Aigio[1][2] is a public general hospital situated a few kilometres out of the town of Aigio in the Peloponnese peninsula of southern Greece. It has a capacity of 100 beds. The hospital performs the greatest number of laparoscopic surgeries in Greece, while more than 50,000 people are examined on a yearly basis. The total personnel of the hospital numbered 217 in 2013.[3] It supports the operation of two sectors.[4] The internal medicine sector (capacity 50 beds) has three departments: Internal Medicine (known as "pathology" in Greek medical practice), Cardiology and Paediatrics. The surgical sector (capacity 50 beds) has 6 departments: Surgical, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Orthopaedic, Urological, Dental and Anaesthesiology. In 2007 the operating rooms of the surgery department were destroyed by fire and were totally rebuilt in 2008.[5]

General Hospital of Aigio
Geography
LocationAigio, Achaia, Greece
Coordinates38.24201°N 22.07271°E / 38.24201; 22.07271
Organisation
Care systemPublicly funded health care
TypeClinical
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds100
History
Opened1958 (new building 1995)
Links
Websitewww.gnaigio.gr/aigio/ (In Greek)
ListsHospitals in Greece
  • Entrance view of the General Hospital of Aigio
    Entrance view of the General Hospital of Aigio

References
  1. Government Gazette (Greek: Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos) ΦΕΚ Β 1435/ 30.04.2012 regarding the organizational structure of the General Hospital of Aigio
  2. Operation of a modern CT scanner in the Aigio General Hospital (Newspaper "Peloponnisos", 03/07/2017)
  3. "Πάτρα: H αξιολόγηση των νοσοκομείων - 1.183 κρεβάτια στο νομό Αχαΐας - 0,48 γιατρός, 1,08 νοσηλευτής και 0,70 λοιπό προσωπικό ανά οργανική κλίνη!". 7 October 2013.
  4. Government Gazette (Greek: Εφημερίς της Κυβερνήσεως, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos) ΦΕΚ Β 1435/ 30.04.2012 regarding the organizational structure of the General Hospital of Aigio
  5. Reconstruction of the operation theaters of Aigio hospital and renewal of equipment, Public Enterprise for the Construction of Medical Units (DEPANOM)
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