The Karolinska University Hospital or Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset is a university hospital in Solna, Sweden. The original Karolinska Hospital (Karolinska Sjukhuset) was inagurated in 1940 and served as a national institution until 1982, when responsibility was transferred to Stockholm County Council. Since 1982 it has been operated as an emergency hospital for Stockholm County, and as a teaching hospital for the Karolinska Institute medical university. As of January 1, 2004, it merged with the former Huddinge University Hospital (Huddinge Universitetssjukhus) in Huddinge, south of Stockholm, to form a new hospital with one unit in Solna and the other in Huddinge.
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Karolinska universitetssjukhuset (http://www.karolinskauniversitetssjukhuset.se/default____45863.aspx)(in English (http://www.karolinskauniversitetssjukhuset.se/templates/Page____44933.aspx))
The KarolinskaUniversityHospital or Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset is a universityhospital in Stockholm, Sweden, with two major sites in the municipalities of Huddinge and Solna.
The present day KarolinskaUniversityHospital is the result of a 2004 merger between the former Huddinge UniversityHospital (Huddinge Universitetssjukhus) in Huddinge, south of Stockholm and the KarolinskaHospital (Karolinska Sjukhuset) in Solna, north of Stockholm.
The KarolinskaUniversityHospital is closely affiliated with the Karolinska Institute (Karolinska institutet).