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Queen Ingrid's Hospital
Queen Ingrid's Hospital (Greenlandic: Dronning Ingridip Napparsimmavissua) is the central hospital of Greenland. It is in Nuuk, the capital. The local health center, Queen Ingrid's Health Center, is an extension to the main hospital building, but operates separately from the hospital.
In 2022 the health commission concluded that a new hospital was needed to replace the current one, which the Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland) has talked about since 2020.
The hospital opened in 1954 as a tuberculosis sanatorium called Queen Ingrid's Sanatorium, from which the hospital is nicknamed "Sana". It was named after Ingrid, the queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. In 1961 the hospital got its status as the national hospital and its current name. Patients from every part of Greenland can be transferred there if their regional hospital cannot treat their illnesses.
In March 2011 the local health center and a new national pharmacy was inaugurated. The design of the buildings takes the form of sunken angular blocks and is clad in copper both on the facades and roof. The architecture by C. F. Møller Architects is inspired by the ice floes that float in Nuup Kangerlua and the image of Sermitsiaq mountain. A year later, in October 2012, a new emergency center was opened. The center includes an ICU, an ER (which is operated by the health center, not the hospital) and new operating rooms. In February 2018 an IMCU ward was opened.
Non-emergency admissions can be planned via regular scheduled flights. Emergency admissions can take place via evacuation from all over Greenland using King Air ambulance flight or helicopters operated by Air Greenland.
There are not always specialist doctors available in Greenland, therefore elective admissions are planned ahead for when specialists are available. Acute and subacute cases that can not be handled by the available staff, will be conferred with Rigshospitalet in Denmark, to where patients can be evacuated if needed.
In rare cases evacuations to Reykjavík can take place, if the distance is shorter from the patient's place to there compared with the distance to Queen Ingrid's Hospital, for example Ittoqqortoormiit.
Queen Ingrid's Health Center is the local health center of Nuuk. Organizationally, it is not part of the hospital, but is built in extension of the hospital. The health center is run by specialists in family medicine and registered nurses. The prescribed medicine is free of charge, and can be collected in the national pharmacy.
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Queen Ingrid's Hospital
Queen Ingrid's Hospital (Greenlandic: Dronning Ingridip Napparsimmavissua) is the central hospital of Greenland. It is in Nuuk, the capital. The local health center, Queen Ingrid's Health Center, is an extension to the main hospital building, but operates separately from the hospital.
In 2022 the health commission concluded that a new hospital was needed to replace the current one, which the Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland) has talked about since 2020.
The hospital opened in 1954 as a tuberculosis sanatorium called Queen Ingrid's Sanatorium, from which the hospital is nicknamed "Sana". It was named after Ingrid, the queen of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. In 1961 the hospital got its status as the national hospital and its current name. Patients from every part of Greenland can be transferred there if their regional hospital cannot treat their illnesses.
In March 2011 the local health center and a new national pharmacy was inaugurated. The design of the buildings takes the form of sunken angular blocks and is clad in copper both on the facades and roof. The architecture by C. F. Møller Architects is inspired by the ice floes that float in Nuup Kangerlua and the image of Sermitsiaq mountain. A year later, in October 2012, a new emergency center was opened. The center includes an ICU, an ER (which is operated by the health center, not the hospital) and new operating rooms. In February 2018 an IMCU ward was opened.
Non-emergency admissions can be planned via regular scheduled flights. Emergency admissions can take place via evacuation from all over Greenland using King Air ambulance flight or helicopters operated by Air Greenland.
There are not always specialist doctors available in Greenland, therefore elective admissions are planned ahead for when specialists are available. Acute and subacute cases that can not be handled by the available staff, will be conferred with Rigshospitalet in Denmark, to where patients can be evacuated if needed.
In rare cases evacuations to Reykjavík can take place, if the distance is shorter from the patient's place to there compared with the distance to Queen Ingrid's Hospital, for example Ittoqqortoormiit.
Queen Ingrid's Health Center is the local health center of Nuuk. Organizationally, it is not part of the hospital, but is built in extension of the hospital. The health center is run by specialists in family medicine and registered nurses. The prescribed medicine is free of charge, and can be collected in the national pharmacy.