Ullevål University Hospital which was Norway's largest hospital - with a staff of around 9,500 treating more than 620,000 patients yearly - now is a part of Oslo University Hospital.

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Oslo University Hospital is owned by The South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and consists of the previous University Hospital Trusts: Aker, Rikshospitalet and Ullevål.

• More than 20,000 personnel are employed at more than 70 locations in Oslo and Follo
• The hospital has comprehensive area and local hospital functions which ensure that the citizens of Oslo have access to good health services
• The hospital has a number of national functions, multi-regional functions and national competence centres
• Responsible for a significant proportion of all medical research and training of health care personnel in Norway

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Acute care and trauma centre

• Ullevål is the country's leading provider of treatment for severely injured patients (trauma), and one of the largest in the field in northern Europe. Seriously injured patients from all over Norway's southeastern region are sent to Ullevål for treatment. The hospital also receives patients from other parts of the country.

• A growing number of patients with extensive and severe injuries are sent to Ullevål for treatment. Each year the hospital receives some 1,300 patients with potentially serious injuries, of which around 500 prove to be severely injured.

• The hospital has its own trauma unit. The trauma unit ensures that the most seriously injured patients receive the best quality care through training, evaluation and keeping up to date with the latest advances in the field.

Mass casualty/disaster management

• In the event of a disaster/mass casualty incident, Ullevål both provides emergency care and coordinates the efforts of all the hospitals under the South-Eastern Regional Health Authority.

Extensive expertise

• In addition to providing acute medical treatment, the hospital offers a wide range of medical services and has a number of specialist departments both in the field of patient care and medical research. A total of ten national centres of excellence are located at the hospital.

Ambulance and patient transport

• The hospital is responsible for the ambulance services, the medical emergency call centre (handling calls to the 113 emergency number), and patient transport in the Oslo and Akershus region.

Research and teaching

• Ullevål is the country's largest teaching hospital, and one of the leading medical research centres in Norway. The hospital trains doctors, nurses, radiographers, nursing assistants and other healthcare professionals.
• In addition to patient-related research conducted by medical departments and laboratories, the hospital operates two dedicated university-based research institutes: the Institute of Experimental Research and the Institute of Medical Genetics.

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