Ljubljana University Medical Centre

The Ljubljana University Medical Centre (Slovene: Univerzitetni klinični center Ljubljana, abb. UKC Ljubljana) or Ljubljana UMC is the largest hospital centre in Slovenia based in Ljubljana. It was officially opened on 29 November 1975 and as of December 2019 has over 2,100 beds and over 8,300 employees, making it one of the largest hospital centres in Central Europe.[1]

Ljubljana University Medical Centre
Geography
LocationZaloška cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Organisation
FundingPublic hospital
TypePublic
Academic Medical Center
Affiliated universityUniversity of Ljubljana
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds2,138
HelipadYes
History
Opened29 November 1975 (1975-11-29)
Links
Websitewww.kclj.si
ListsHospitals in Slovenia

It is the main training base for the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Health Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, which is housed nearby. The Ljubljana University Medical Centre had previously been led by Janez Poklukar, who has since become the Minister of Health.

History
  • 1966: Start of construction works on the central building. The construction, which started on 13 July, was led by Slovenian architect Stanko Kristl according to the plans by Medico Engineering.[2]
  • 1975: Ceremonial opening of the Ljubljana UMC. The total price of the construction equaled 617 million Yugoslav dinars in 1975, which was recalculated to 617 million euro in 2020.[3]
  • 1980: The long-time president of the SFR Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, dies of gangrene-induced infection in this hospital.
  • 2006: Ljubljana Medical Centre renames itself into Ljubljana University Medical Centre,[4] emphasising the collaboration of experts of different specialties and its role as a teaching hospital of the nearby medical faculty.[5]
  • 2010: The first ever robotic-assisted operation at the femoral vasculature is performed at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery.[6][7]
  • 2016: Discovery of the first scientific evidence that the Zika virus infects the foetus brain through the infected mother and can cause permanent brain damage and microcephaly.[8]
  • 2018: Total nose reconstruction in two stages using only the patient's tissue; the nose was reconstructed on the forearm using a 3D model, following which the nose was placed on the face.[9]
  • 2018: Both lungs of a patient simultaneously transplanted for the first time.[10]
  • 2018: First auditory brainstem implant.

See also

References
  1. Klinični center Ljubljana (medical centre). Ljubljana.si. Accessed 2009-06-24. Archived 27 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "2015 Marked Three Important Anniversaries for the UMC Ljubljana" (PDF). Internal Newspaper of the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. No. 1. April 2015. p. 5.
  3. "Opening of the New Clinical Centre, a Milestone in the Development of Top-class Medicine in Slovenia" (PDF). No. 5. November 2020. p. 10.
  4. "Odlok o preoblikovanju javnega zdravstvenega zavoda Klinični center v javni zdravstveni zavod Univerzitetni klinični center" [Ordinance on the restructing of the public health institute University Medical Centre Ljubljana]. Regulations of Slovenia Registry (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  5. "Svet KC pritrdil preimenovanju v Univerzitetni klinični center" [The Board of the Medical Centre Agrees to the Renaming into the University Medical Centre]. Dnevnik.si (in Slovenian). 15 June 2006.
  6. "V UKC Ljubljana prvič na svetu uporabili žilnega robota za posege na femoralnem žilju" [The First Use of a Vascular Robot for Procedures on Femoral Vasculature] (in Slovenian). 8 November 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
  7. "UKC Ljubljana kljub finančnim omejitvam uspešen v razvoju medicine" [UMC Ljubljana Successfully Develops Medicine Despite Financial Limitations] (in Slovenian). 30 March 2011.
  8. "Slovenian scientists first to prove link between Zika and microcephaly".
  9. "Outstanding achievement by Slovene surgeons: Nose reconstructed on the forearm and transferred to the face".
  10. "A big success for Slovenian medicine: A first transplant of both lungs".

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