Agios Andreas Hospital
| Agios Andreas General Hospital of Patras | |
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 Agios Andreas hospital, view of the renovated multi-storey building (2020) | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Patras, Achaia, Greece |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Publicly funded health care |
| Type | Clinical |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 400 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1872 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.agandreashosp.gr/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Greece |
Agios Andreas Hospital (Greek: Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Πατρών "Ο Άγιος Ανδρέας") is a hospital in Patras, Achaea, Greece. It is the second largest hospital in the city of Patras and one of the largest in Peloponnese with a total capacity of 400 beds (188 beds in the Internal Medicine sector and 192 beds in the surgical sector).[1] It first operated as the Municipal Hospital of Patras on January 1, 1872 and was renamed to its current name when it was transferred to the current building.
The hospital occupies 5 buildings of which the 3 are situated close to each other. The main multi-storey building of the hospital (built in 1973) was struck by an earthquake in 2008[2] and it is completely restored. Additionally, the central building is upgraded with new medical and hotel equipment. The renovated 7-storey building was finally inaugurated in July 2017[3] after 3 years of delays. This multi-storey building houses the departments of ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology (7th floor), plastic surgery and urology (6th floor), internal medicine/pathology and cardiology (3rd,4th,5th floor) paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology (1st and 2nd floor). In 2011 the construction of a new wing (two-storey building) was completed and today in houses three clinics: The surgery clinic, the pathology clinic and the orthopaedic clinic.
Notable visits
[edit]In January 1997, President Stephanopoulos and Health Minister Geitonas visited the hospital for the opening of its kidney disease wing and library.[4]
Photo gallery
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Partial view of the main multi-story building (under construction) and the new two-story building -
Three-storey building close to the main buildings. -
View of the multi-storey building before the renovation -
View from the street
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Government Gazette FEK B 1155". 10 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Article in the weekly newspaper AthensPlus about the 6.5 magnitude earthquake" (PDF). AthensPlus. 13 June 2008. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 16, 2012.
- ^ Μπιμπή, Μαίρη (5 July 2017). "Γ.Ν. Πατρών "Άγιος Ανδρέας": Εγκαίνια του ανακατασκευασμένου κτιρίου" [Inauguration of the modern 7-storey renovated building for Agios Andreas Hospital in the city of Patras]. TO VIMA.
- ^ "Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-12-01". Athens News Agency Bulletin. Retrieved November 6, 2007.