Päijät-Häme Central Hospital is Finland’s second largest central hospital and Finland’s seventh provider of specialist nursing services. The staff of the Central Hospital consists of 2900, of which 293 are doctors and 1439 are nursing staff.
Päijät-Häme Central Hospital wards
| department | patients | diseases at their most typical |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Lung Diseases | 24, in the summer 20 | asthma , COPD , pneumonia , lung cancer , sleep apnea , sarcoidosis , tuberculosis |
| Department of Surgery 31 | 14 | urological diseases |
| Department of Surgery 41-42 | orthopedic , traumatological , plastic surgical procedures | |
| Department of Surgery 43 | diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract, diseases of the nose and throat, oral and maxillofacial surgery and thyroid surgery | |
| Department of Pediatrics 12 | ||
| Department of Pediatrics 13 | ||
| Department of Gynecology 63 | 8 | quadruple palliative unit |
| Department of Adolescent Psychiatry 2 | ||
| Department of Neurology 23-24 | ||
| Department of Psychiatry 5 | ||
| Department of Psychiatry 6 | ||
| Department of Psychiatry 7 | ||
| Department of Psychiatry 8 | ||
| emergency department | ||
| Department of Internal Medicine 32 | 28 | hematology (blood diseases), cardiology (heart diseases) |
| Department of Internal Medicine 33 | 42 with Title 34 | gastroenterology , infectious diseases , skin diseases |
| Department of Internal Medicine 34 | 42 with 33 departments | endocrinology , Diabetology , nephrology |
| maternity ward | 28 | |
| enhanced control department | 18 | |
| power department | 18 |