Erasmus MC | |
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Geography | |
Location | Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Coordinates | 51°54′38″N 4°28′6″E / 51.91056°N 4.46833°E |
Organisation | |
Funding | Government hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency; Major Trauma Centre |
Beds | 1233 (121 IC) |
Speciality | Cardiovascular diseases, Clinical Genetics, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Human reproductive system, Immunology, Microsurgery, Oncology, Pediatrics & Pediatric surgery, and Virology |
Helipad | Yes |
History | |
Opened | 1840 as Coolsingelziekenhuis; 1961 as Dijkzigtziekenhuis; 1970 as Academic Hospital Rotterdam; 2002 as Erasmus MC |
Links | |
Website | https://www.erasmusmc.nl/en/ |
Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC or EMC) based in Rotterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with Erasmus University and home to its faculty of medicine, is the largest and one of the most authoritative scientific university medical centers in Europe.[1] The hospital is the largest of the eight university medical centers in the Netherlands, both in terms of turnover and number of beds.[2][3] The Erasmus MC ranks #1 among the top European institution in clinical medicine and #20 in the world, according to the Times Higher Education rankings.[4]