Laiko General Hospital
People's General Hospital is a public teaching hospital in Athens, Greece. The hospital belongs to the Greek National Healthcare System under the 1st Healthcare Region of Attica and comprises numerous clinics, labs, inpatient wards and outpatient departments.
History
Laiko General was established in 1933 as "Λαϊκόν Νοσοκομείον Αθηνών", a Legal Entity of Public Law in the location of the University pavilion in Goudi under the Ministry of Health. The hospital's founding purpose was to provide fundamental health services for indigent citizens-and was thus named "Λαϊκόν" -and the concurrent training of doctors, medical students and nurses.The hospital gradually expanded to include more departments, equipment and clinics and housed a Physical Therapy and Nursing School.
Hospital departments
Laiko General Hospital is organized under three main departments: Pathology, Surgery and Laboratory Depts.The hospital also has seven Centers of Expertise for Rare Diseases, namely:
- Center for Thalassaemia and Sickle Cell Disease - Rare Hematological Diseases
- 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special Nosology of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare neuroendocrine neoplasms
- Pathophysiology Clinic and Lab of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare connective tissue diseases and musculoskeletal disorders
- Pathophysiology Clinic and Lab of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases
- 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special Nosology of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic diseases of connective tissues and musculoskeletal disorders
- 1st Propaedeutic Pathology Clinic and Special Nosology of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare systemic autoinflammatory and autoimmune diseases
- 1st Pathology Clinic of the National and Kapodestrian University of Athens - Rare endocrinological diseases