...Stavanger Hospital...

Rogaland Central Hospital (RCH or Stavanger Sentralsykehus in Norwegian) was founded 75 years ago. RCH offers health care services to a population of 290.000 people. The main hospital is situated in Stavanger, but has several clinics and medical centers spread over a large geograpic area, as well as prehospital units.

Approximately 46.000 inpatients receive treatment and care at RCH every year. RCH is a large hospital with almost 5000 employees, 1100 hospital beds and a budget of 2,5 billion NOK.

Photosource: (RCH - promotion brochure)

RCH is organized in ten Divisions and with three support Directorates.The Divisions are: Acute Care Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, General and Orthopedic Surgery, Hematology and Oncology, Psychiatry, Rebabilitation, Multiple Clinical Sciences and Radiology and Laboratory Medicine.

Some facts:

• 13 500 biochemical anlysis are performed every day
• 35 casts are set per day
• 11 new residents are born every day
• 35 citizenships are represented in the staff