Karolinska University Hospital

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{{Infobox hospital
| Name = Karolinska University Hospital
| Org/Group = [[Stockholm County Council]]
| Image = File:Karolinska Solna, huvudentré 01.jpg
| image alt =
| Caption = University Hospital in [[Solna]] (Old main entrance ''Gamla Karolinska'')
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| Logo = Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset logo.svg
| Region = Stockholm County
| State = Stockholm 
| Country = Sweden
| coordinates = {{coord|59|21|08|N|18|01|56|E|region:SE|display=inline,title}}
| Address = Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, [[Solna]], 171 76 <br>''and''<br> Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, [[Huddinge]], 141 86
| HealthCare = 
| Funding = Public
| Type = Teaching
| Speciality = 
| Standards = 
| Emergency = Yes
| Helipad = {{Airport codes||ESHK|p=n}}
| Affiliation = [[Karolinska Institutet]]
| Patron = 
| Network = 
| Beds = 1,340<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/about-karolinska/ |title=About Karolinska |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090300/https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/about-karolinska/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Founded = 1940<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ki.se/en/about/ki-through-the-centuries |title=Karolinska Institutet - KI through the centuries |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090415/https://ki.se/en/about/ki-through-the-centuries |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| Closed = 
| Website = http://www.karolinskahospital.com
| Wiki-Links = [[Radiumhemmet]]
}}

The '''Karolinska University Hospital''' ({{langx|sv|Karolinska universitetssjukhuset}}) is a [[teaching hospital]] affiliated with [[Karolinska Institutet]] in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]], with two major sites in the municipalities of [[Solna Municipality|Solna]] and [[Huddinge]]. The hospital network is the second largest in [[Sweden]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=Ny sjukhusdirektör på Karolinska |url=https://www.dn.se/direkt/2024-08-20/ny-sjukhusdirektor-pa-karolinska/ |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=[[Dagens Nyheter]] |language=sv |quote=Karolinska universitetssjukhuset med verksamhet i Huddinge och Solna är Region Stockholms största verksamhet och med 16 000 anställda är det Sveriges näst största sjukhus.}}</ref> after [[Sahlgrenska University Hospital]].

The present day Karolinska University Hospital is the result of a 2004 merger between the former Huddinge University Hospital (''Huddinge universitetssjukhus'') in [[Huddinge]], south of Stockholm, and the Karolinska Hospital (''Karolinska sjukhuset'') in Solna, north of Stockholm. The new hospital has about 15,000 employees and 1,340 patient beds.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/about-karolinska/ |title=About Karolinska |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090300/https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/about-karolinska/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Karolinska University Hospital is closely affiliated with the [[Karolinska Institutet]]. It incorporates the Astrid Lindgren Children's hospital in Solna and the Children's Hospital in Huddinge.

Since 2021, the hospital network has consistently ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the world according to Newsweek.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-22 |title=World's Best Hospitals 2021 - Top 200 Global |url=https://www.newsweek.com/best-hospitals-2021 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-28 |title=World's Best Hospitals 2024 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2024 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-01 |title=World's Best Hospitals 2023 - Top 250 |url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2023 |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

== New Karolinska Solna ==
[[File:Nya Karolinska, december 2016a.jpg|thumb|left|New Karolinska Solna University Hospital can be seen under construction in December 2016]]

The New Karolinska Solna (NKS) ({{langx|sv|Nya Karolinska Solna}}) was the name of the construction project aimed at creating a new modern hospital complex for the Karolinska University Hospital. NKS is sometimes mistakenly used as a name for Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, but it is just the name for the building project replacing some of the old hospital buildings in Solna.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nya Karolinska Solna |url=http://www.nyakarolinskasolna.se/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230173734/http://www.nyakarolinskasolna.se/en/ |archive-date=2014-12-30 |access-date=2018-02-18}}</ref>

In April 2008, the decision was made by the [[Stockholm County Council]] to modernize the Karolinska University Hospital in Solna. To construct a new hospital building was considered to be more cost effective, compared to renovating and refurbishing the old facilities, spread over a large area in more than 40 buildings.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nya Karolinska Solna – Background |url=http://www.nyakarolinskasolna.se/en/Background/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090347/http://www.nyakarolinskasolna.se/en/Background/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |access-date=2018-02-18}}</ref> In June 2008, it was decided that the new university hospital will be built using a [[public–private partnership]] model which includes also financing as well as management of the building after the completion.

The project, however, was met with controversy, and the process for planning and building the hospital has been heavily criticized for poor construction planning, execution, management and corruption.<ref>{{cite web |author=Johan Ingerö |url=http://timbro.se/valfard/rapporter/skandalen-nya-karolinska |title=Skandalen Nya Karolinska | Timbro |language=sv |website=Timbro.se |date=21 February 2013 |access-date=2016-09-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917020832/http://timbro.se/valfard/rapporter/skandalen-nya-karolinska |archive-date=2016-09-17 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/luxembourg-leaks/controversial-swedish-hospital-partnership-has-luxembourg-links/ |title=icij.org - Controversial Swedish Hospital Partnership Has Luxembourg Links |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031341/https://www.icij.org/investigations/luxembourg-leaks/controversial-swedish-hospital-partnership-has-luxembourg-links/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dagenssamhalle.se/kronika/myglarkulturen-kring-nya-karolinska-maste-utredas-18693 |title=Myglarkulturen kring Nya Karolinska måste utredas |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090353/https://www.dagenssamhalle.se/kronika/myglarkulturen-kring-nya-karolinska-maste-utredas-18693 |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://elisabethoglund.se/blogg/nya-karolinska-sjukhuset-ar-sveriges-storsta-ekonomiska-katastrof-nagonsin-och-det-blir-bara-varre/ |title=Nya Karolinska sjukhuset är Sveriges största ekonomiska katastrof någonsin! Och det blir bara värre. |date=21 September 2017 |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219031725/https://elisabethoglund.se/blogg/nya-karolinska-sjukhuset-ar-sveriges-storsta-ekonomiska-katastrof-nagonsin-och-det-blir-bara-varre/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The first departments to move into the new hospital building in 2016 were the cardiovascular and pediatric services. The relocation of healthcare operations from the old classic brick buildings to the new building was completed in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/news/2016/06/first-hospital-phase/ |title=Karolinska.se - First hospital construction phase complete – now it's time to safely move in patients |access-date=2018-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090231/https://www.karolinska.se/en/karolinska-university-hospital/news/2016/06/first-hospital-phase/ |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live }}</ref>

It is considered one of the [[List of most expensive buildings|most expensive buildings]] in the world.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Karolinska February 2013 03.jpg|Karolinska University Hospital at [[Karolinska Institutet|KI]] Campus Solna
Karolinska Solna, entré 01.jpg|Main entrance to the hospital in [[Solna]]
Karolinska Solna, Neurocentrum 01.jpg|Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Stockholms innerstad - KMB - 16001000186784.jpg|[[Solna]] Campus in 1967
Karolinska Solna, Radiumhemmet.jpg|[[Radiumhemmet]]
Karolinska Solna, Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus 01.jpg|[[Astrid Lindgren]] Children's Hospital
Nya Karolinska april 2015c 01.jpg|New Karolinska Solna under construction
Huddinge sjukhus mellanbyggnad 2013 08.jpg|Karolinska University Hospital in Huddinge ([[Flemingsberg]] Campus)

</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[Sahlgrenska University Hospital]]
*[[Uppsala University Hospital]]
*[[University Hospital of Umeå|Umeå University Hospital]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{in lang|en}} [http://www.karolinskahospital.com Karolinska University Hospital]
*{{in lang|sv}} [http://www.karolinska.se Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset]

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[[Category:Hospitals in Stockholm]]
[[Category:Teaching hospitals in Sweden]]
[[Category:2004 establishments in Sweden]]

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