04 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITALLondon,UK

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL (UCH) is a teaching hospital in the Fitzrovia area of the London Borough of Camden, England. The hospital, which was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834, is closely associated with University College London (UCL), whose main campus is situated next door. The hospital is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital was founded as the North London Hospital in 1834 in order to provide clinical training for the "medical classes" of the university, after a refusal by the governors of the Middlesex Hospital to allow students access to that hospital's wards. It soon became known as University College Hospital. The hospital has 665 in-patient beds, 12 operating theatres and houses the largest single critical care unit in the NHS. The Accident and Emergency department sees approximately 120,000 patients a year. It is a major teaching hospital and a key location for the UCL Medical School. It is also a major centre for medical research and part of both the UCLH/UCL Biomedical Research Centre and the UCL Partners academic health science centre. ■

05 Akershus University Hospital

AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (Norwegian: Akershus universitetssykehus, abbreviated Ahus) is a Norwegian public university hospital in the Greater Oslo Region. It is located in the Lørenskog municipality in the region of Viken, northeast of the Norwegian capital Oslo. It is a teaching hospital and one of two university hospitals affiliated with the University of Oslo, alongside the larger Oslo University Hospital. The hospital has around 10,000 employees and a capacity of around 950 beds. In 2018, there were approximately 2,600 health, medical and nursing students in placements or internships within the hospital. Ahus was officially opened on 15 May 1961 as the Akershus Central Hospital (SIA). The Norwegian Parliament decided in 1999 that then Central Hospital of Akershus (SIA) would be a teaching hospital and the first teaching program started in 2001 affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oslo. In October 2008, the new hospital building designed by Danish architects Arkitektfirmaet C. F. Møller opened, setting new standards for hospital architecture in Norway. At the time of its construction, it was claimed to be the most modern in Europe. ■