Haukeland University Hospital

Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen Hospital Trust
Geography
Location	Haukeland, Bergen,, Hordaland, Norway
Coordinates	60°22′26″N 5°21′31″E / 60.374°N 5.3587°E / 60.374; 5.3587Coordinates: 60°22′26″N 5°21′31″E / 60.374°N 5.3587°E / 60.374; 5.3587
Organisation
Care system	Public
Hospital type	University hospital
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1100
History
Founded	1912
Links
Website	http://www.helse-bergen.no/english/
Lists	Hospitals in Norway

Haukeland University Hospital is a hospital in Bergen, Norway, and one of the 11 institutions that form the Bergen Hospital Trust. The hospital is the largest in Norway in terms of number of patients,^[1] and serves as the local hospital of Bergen, Midthordland and Nordhordland, the central hospital of Hordaland county, and the regional hospital of Hordaland, Rogaland and Sogn og Fjordane counties.

The general area of the hospital is approx. 200 000 m2 and the main building (Sentralblokken)is approx. 125 000 m2.

They have a co-operation with the university of Bergen, including the Gades Institute of Pathology.

The Hospital is the greatest employer in Hordaland, in terms of number of employees.

Haukeland is a national special hospital and resource center for Burn injuries, air-pressure injuries (diving), Cornea-protesises and treatment of intercranial tumors.

Application for distribution of heroin

The hospital's 2013 application for distibuting heroin for free, was the first ever by a Norwegian hospital.^[2] Distribution is planned at the proposed injection room at the new legevakt at Solheimsviken.^[2] Injection rooms for drug addicts have not been permitted by the city council, but Ola Jøsendal says that local authorities can not stop spesialhelsetjenesten ("the special health service") from implementing injection rooms.^[2]

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