Kočani General Hospital Explained

Kočani General Hospital
Coordinates:41.9175°N 22.4066°W
Location:Kočani
Country:North Macedonia
Type:General
Opened:1924

PHI General Hospital Kochani (Macedonian: Општа болница Кочани) is a hospital located in the central area of the town of Kočani, North Macedonia. It offers its continual health services to the population living in the municipalities of: Kočani, Češinovo-Obleševo, Zrnovci and to the population from the municipalities which gravitate towards the Municipality of Kočani like: Vinica, Makedonska Kamenica, Berovo, Pehčevo and Delčevo where about 115.000 - 120.000 people live.

History

The Hospital was founded in 1924 as a Health Centre for malaria.[1] In 1949 General and Dental ambulances were built and in 1952 it was registered under the name Health Centre Kočani. During the 1950s many departments started up their functioning.

Today, the Hospital has at its own disposal 7.796 m2 in hospitalization part, i.e. patients’ rooms as well 524 m2 in premises for specialist-consultative services. Hospital’s leading team headed by its managers is relatively young but has great professional, expert and managing experience. This creates very favourable ambient for realization of all projected goals and duties.

Personnel

Total number of employees in the Hospital is 226 out of which 43 doctors (4 primariuses, 29 doctors specialists, 5 doctors on specialization and 5 GP doctors). Among other employees there are 5 people with Higher Education Qualification (economist, electro-engineer and biochemist). The hospital has also engaged other medical and technical indispensable staff in order to realize its continual health care services and activities. PHI General Hospital Kočani offers hospitalization and specialist-consultative services.

Departments

Within the frames of its hospitalization part (patients’ rooms) there are 160 patients’ beds being disposed in the following departments:

Ambulances

Its specialist-consultative services the Hospital has been offered in the following ambulances and departments:

Notes and References

  1. Kočani and its region from the prehistory to the present, Monogograph for Kočani, publisher: Municipality of Kočani, December 2003, p.246-247,