Hospital Universitario de Canarias

Hospital Universitario de Canarias or University Hospital of the Canary Islands it is a teaching hospital of general scope in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). Located in the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna. Affiliated with the education and research network of the Universidad de La Laguna it is under the directive of the Servicio Canario de Salud (Canary Health Service). The hospital has specialist facilities which not only serve Tenerife but the surrounding Canary Islands.

Hospital Universitario de Canarias
Geography
LocationSan Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Coordinates28°27′25″N 16°17′30″W
Organisation
Affiliated universityServicio Canario de Salud and Universidad de La Laguna
Services
Beds655
History
Opened1971
Links
ListsHospitals in Spain
Other linksList of hospitals in Spain

Founded in 1971 under the name of General and Clinical Hospital of Tenerife a floor area of 71,000 m2 (760,000 sq ft) near the Autopista del Norte de Tenerife surface. With a total of 2,534 professionals is geared to health care in the north of Tenerife, and referral hospital for the island of La Palma.

It is near the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, a referral hospital in some specialties in Spain.[1][2] The Hospital Universitario de Canarias was also the first hospital in the Canary Islands hold the category of University Hospital,[3] hence its name.

See also

References
  1. Información del Gobierno de Canarias sobre hospitales y servicios de referencia Archived 2008-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Press, Europa (2009-10-26). "El Hospital Universitario de Canarias, nombrado centro de referencia nacional para el trasplante de páncreas". europapress.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. Una deuda pendiente con el HUC. A quien convenga
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