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Central Clinical Hospital of the Administrative directorate of the President of the Russian Federation | |
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Geography | |
Location | 15 Marshal Timoshenko Street, Kuntsevo District, Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55°44′47″N 37°23′21″E / 55.74639°N 37.38917°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1,200 |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 29 November 1957 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in Russia |
The Central Clinical Hospital of the Administrative directorate of the President of the Russian Federation (Russian: Центральная клиническая больница c поликлиникой Управления делами Президента Российской Федерации) (also called "Kremlin Hospital", "Kremlyovka" and the "Kremlin Clinic") is a heavily guarded facility 14 kilometres west of the Kremlin in an exclusive, wooded suburban area known as Kuntsevo. The hospital is guarded by the Federal Protective Service.[1]
Among patients are political, business, cultural and scientific elite of Russia (and Soviet Union before 1991, like presidents Yuri Andropov or Konstantin Chernenko) and representatives of the diplomatic corps. The hospital now accepts an increasing number of private, self-paying patients and it is common to pay for one's treatment. While the hospital is open to the public and anyone may theoretically be admitted and treated there, its fees and charges are well beyond the means of most Russians and so it retains its elitist image.[1]