Location Kaunas, Lithuania Helipad Yes Website www.kaunoklinikos.lt Phone +370 37 326375 Hospital type Teaching hospital | Funding Public hospital Beds up to 2000 Opened 1940 Founded 1939 | |
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Emergency department Level III Trauma and Emergency Center Address Eivenių g. 2, Kaunas 50009, Lithuania Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursDay of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania might affect these hoursSaturday(Day of Restitution of Independence of Lithuania)Open 24 hoursHours might differSundayOpen 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hours Affiliated university Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Similar Vilnius University, Centras, Kaunas State Musical T, Neris, Žalgiris Arena Profiles | ||
Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kauno klinikos (Lithuanian: Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universiteto ligoninė Kauno klinikos) is the largest medical institution in Lithuania. The hospital was established in 1939 in the city of Kaunas, temporary capital of Lithuania during the Interwar period. At present more than 1200 medical doctors and 2500 nursing specialists are working at the hospital. There are 35 departments with different clinical profiles and 15 departments for Out Patient care, which all are situated in 15 buildings. As of 2008 the hospital was governed by habilitated doctor Professor Juozas Pundzius. Since June 29, 2015 it is the only hospital in Lithuania to have highest level (Level 3) Trauma and Emergency Center for both – adult and children.
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During the interwar period, Lithuanian politicians and medical experts perceived a need for a major hospital complex in the area, and gathered to discuss the possibility on February 5, 1936. Soon afterwards the Lithuanian cabinet adopted a resolution to build a hospital near the Seventh Fort. An international competition was held to select the best project. Six different proposals were submitted, two of them from outside Lithuania. The commission chose proposal "XXX", by the French architects Urbain Cassan and Elie Ouchanoff.
The development of the hospital quickly gained momentum. Urbain Cassan met with physicians to gather feedback and hear specific requests and proposals for the arrangement of rooms. These discussions went on for about ten days. The building commission acted in coordination to review the designs and sketches, which resulted in redesigns of, and improvements to, several aspects of the initial proposal. In 1937 the cornerstone was laid, marking the active phase of construction. The work continued until July 1939; it employed several of the newest building technologies. The hospital complex comprised six buildings, covering about 160,000 square meters, including a 75-meter-tall chimney. Its major buildings were linked through underground tunnels, with a total length of one kilometer. Cork was used as flooring in the corridors so as to minimize disturbances to patients. The hospital opened in 1940.
When Lithuania was occupied during World War II, the hospital was adjusted to meet its new needs. The buildings were redecorated with camouflage colors. After the war the hospital underwent further expansion. In 1967 a medical research and laboratory complex was built, followed in 1972 by an obstetrical and gynaecology center, and a few years an eye-care clinic was added. Between 1976 and 1982 a cardiac clinic and a neurosurgery center were constructed, and gardens were planted.
The University Hospital complex consisted in 2008 of 15 buildings where approximately two thousand patients could be treated simultaneously. On May 7, 2008 Kaunas University Hospital was declared a cultural monument. On June 1, 2012 the new building for the Clinic of Children's Disease was opened. On June 29, 2015 the new highest level (Level 3) Trauma and Emergency Center for adults and children was opened.