| Children's University Hospital (General Authority for Pediatric Hospital) | |
| Region: | Damascus |
| Country: | Syria |
| Coordinates: | 33.5137°N 36.2622°W |
| Healthcare: | Public |
| Type: | Teaching |
| Speciality: | Pediatrics |
| Affiliation: | Damascus University |
| Beds: | 429 |
| Founded: | 1978 |
The General Authority for Children's Hospital is a pediatric hospital in Damascus, Syria. It is public hospital under the Syrian Ministry of Higher Education and affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University.[1]
The General Authority of Pediatrics Hospital was established in the year 1978 in Damascus.[2]
It is considered a service educational body where medical students, postgraduates, and the Arab board receive training, and also doctoral dissertations are prepared in various specialties in addition to students of medical institutes and the nursing school of Damascus University.
It is considered, as well, a scientific center where many conferences are held annually, such as the pediatric hospitals conference, the association of pediatricians conference, the association of the doctors of premature and newborn conference, the Syrian – Italian conference for pediatricians, the Syrian-German conference for pediatricians, the Syrian – Spanish conference for pediatricians, the Syrian-French conference for pediatricians, the Syrian-American conference for pediatricians, and some special conferences on pediatric surgery.[3]
The hospital has the following departments:
The hospital uses the following diagnostic tools:
In addition, the following devices are at use in the Center of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Bone Marrow Transplant:
The hospital has the following laboratories: