Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya

Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya (English: General Teaching Hospital of Catalonia) is a private hospital in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, and also serves as the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Catalonia (UIC).^[1][2]

Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya
Quiron Salut
03 Hospital General de Catalunya (Sant Cugat del Vallès)
Geography
Location	Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalonia
Coordinates	41°28′30″N 2°02′41″E
Organisation
Care system	Private
Religious affiliation	None
Network	Quiron Salut
Services
Beds	300
History
Opened	1984 (renovated 2001)
Links
Website	www.hgc.es

Whilst the hospital officially does not specify in any medical field, it is one of the highest rated in Catalonia for general surgery. The hospital is equipped with five operating theatres and over 20 general surgeons. Furthermore, a large part of the hospital's area is dedicated to inpatient suites where patients are kept before and after surgery and additionally in cases of needing prolonged medical attention or observation.^[3][4][5][6]

Specialties

Source:^[1]

• Allergy treatment
• Anesthetics and resuscitation
• Cardiac surgery
• Cardiology
• Care continuity unit
• Clinical laboratory
• Clinical hematology
• Dermatology
• Emergency medicine
• Endocrinology
• Digestive surgery
• Hospital pharmacy
• Intensive care medicine
• Internal medicine and infectious diseases
• Medical oncology
• Medical physics and radiological protection
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics and gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedic and traumatological surgery
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Pediatric surgery
• Pediatrics
• Plastic surgery
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Radiotherapy oncology
• Rehabilitation
• Rheumatology
• Urology
• Vascular surgery