General Hospital of Aigio | |
Region: | Achaia |
Country: | Greece |
Coordinates: | 38.242°N 22.0727°W |
Healthcare: | Publicly funded health care |
Type: | Clinical |
Emergency: | Yes |
Beds: | 100 |
Founded: | 1958 (new building 1995) |
Website: | (In Greek) |
The Aigio General Hospital (Greek, Modern (1453-);: 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]