Agios Andreas Hospital
| Agios Andreas General Hospital of Patras | |
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 Partial view of the main multi-story building and the new two-story building | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Patras, Achaia, Greece |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Publicly funded health care |
| Type | Clinical |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 400 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.agandreashosp.gr/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Greece |
Agios Andreas Hospital (Template:Lang-el) 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 Pathology sector and 192 beds in the surgical sector)[1]. 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. 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
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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Main building of Agios Andreas Hospital
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Second building of Agios Andreas -
View from the street
External links
References
- ^ [1] Government Gazette FEK B 1155 10/04/2012]
- ^ Article in the weekly newspaper AthensPlus about the 6.5 magnitude earthquake Archived November 16, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Inauguration of the modern 7-storey renovated building of Agios Andreas Hospital in the city of Patras, Greek newspaper "TO VIMA", 5 July 2017
- ^ Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 97-12-01. Online. November 6, 2007.