| Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos | |
| Org/Group: | Vilnius University |
| Map Type: | Lithuania Vilnius#Lithuania |
| Coordinates: | 54.7519°N 25.2778°W |
| Location: | Santariškių g. 2, LT-08661, Vilnius |
| Country: | Lithuania |
| Funding: | Public |
| Type: | Teaching |
| Emergency: | Yes |
| Founded: | 1980 |
| Affiliation: | Vilnius University |
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos (lt|Vilniaus Universiteto ligoninė Santaros klinikos, formerly known as Santariškių Klinikos [1]) in Vilnius, Lithuania is a teaching hospital of the Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine. Santaros Klinikos is co-funded by the Lithuanian Ministry of Health and Vilnius University. It has a staff of 5372 employees, including 1409 medical doctors, 1978 nurses and other highly qualified professionals. More than 370 professors and doctorates and 4 academics are providing assistance to the patients.[2]
The Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos was founded as the Republican Vilnius Clinical Hospital in November, 1980, when the block of therapy and divisions of diagnostics started working. In 1982, the first patients were admitted to the Consultative Out-patient Department, whereas the block of surgery was opened in 1983.[3]
The hospital has these centres:[4]