Floreasca Hospital

Hospital in Bucharest, Romania

Floreasca Hospital Spitalul Clinic de Urgență București Floreasca

Geography
Location	Calea Floreasca 8, Sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Coordinates	44°27′14″N 26°6′5″E / 44.45389°N 26.10139°E / 44.45389; 26.10139
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Clinical
Patron	Radu Alexandru Macovei
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	731
Helipad	Proposed^[1]
History
Opened	5 May 1934; 90 years ago (5 May 1934)
Links
Website	www.urgentafloreasca.ro

Floreasca Hospital (Romanian: Spitalul Clinic de Urgență București Floreasca) is a major hospital located at 8 Calea Floreasca, Bucharest, Romania. The hospital is specialized in providing emergency medical care.

History

The Floreasca Hospital is the first institution in Romania specialized in providing emergency medical care. It opened in 1933, specifically for this purpose. Initially, the hospital was funded by Nicolae Minovici, a Romanian professor.

On August 24, 1944, the hospital building was destroyed during the Bombing of Bucharest. In 1949, a new building was built for the hospital. The building, renovated several times, is still operational today. In 1960, the building was substantially modified, and 7 new floors were added.

Floreasca today

The hospital has 760 beds for patients. It has multiple operating theaters and has sections for all the major branches of medicine, including plastic surgery, neurosurgery, and psychiatry.

The hospital has been a pioneer for many pilot projects in the field of medicine. It has been one of the first hospitals in Romania to perform robotic surgery on a patient.^[2]^[3]

Floreasca is also a teaching hospital.

References

^ "Spitalul de Urgență Floreasca ar putea avea propriul heliport". Sănătatea TV. 3 December 2012.
^ Popescu, Adam (October 24, 2007). "Chirurgie robotică de lux la Spitalul Floreasca" (in Romanian). Retrieved February 7, 2021.
^ "Woman dies after being set on fire during surgery in Romania". The Guardian. December 30, 2019. Retrieved February 7, 2021.