Medical Center Leeuwarden Explained

Medical Center Leeuwarden
Map Type:Netherlands
Location:Henri Dunantweg 2, 8934 AD Leeuwarden
Country:the Netherlands
Funding:Government
Type:Teaching
Emergency:Yes
Helipad:Yes
Beds:647
Founded:1982
Website:https://www.mcl.nl/

The Medical Center Leeuwarden (MCL; Dutch; Flemish: Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden) is the hospital of the city of Leeuwarden, and the largest non-university hospital in the Netherlands. It is one of the country's major top-clinical centers, offering secondary and tertiary care.

Description

It has 647 beds, and offers all common specialties including pulmonology, cardiovascular surgery and neurosurgery. It is also a teaching hospital for numerous medical specialties, as well as nurses.

Affiliation

A secondary hospital affiliated with the MCL, called MCL-Harlingen, is located in the town of Harlingen. This hospital merged with the MCL because it was too small to prevent closure, unless it merged with another, larger hospital.

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