The Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka (CHCR) is an academic medical center located at 3 different hospital sites in Rijeka, providing education, research and a full range of specialty patient care to nearly 500,000 people living in the Primorsko-Goranska and the surrounding counties. CHCR is staffed with highest level of academic and clinical excellence, 1200 nurses and 450 physicians who are full- or part-time faculty members of the University of Rijeka School of Medicine. It offers the most advanced specialty care in: world-class heart surgery, transplantation, reproductive and infertility and other programs; six referral centers for kidney transplants, demyelinization diseases, posttraumatic stress syndrome, psoriasis, pediatric lung diseases and epilepsy and convulsive disease of the early age; ambulatory-care with the full spectrum of preventive, diagnostic and treatment functions in state-of-the-art facilities. Medical and surgical intensive care units with the most technologically advanced equipment are staffed by physicians and nurses who specialized in caring for critically ill adults. Teams of specialists, nurses, biochemists, pharmacists, biologists, chemists, physicists, psychologists, and others use advanced diagnostics and medical technology to provide the highest quality of comprehensive, compassionate and accessible healthcare including 24-hour emergency services to patients of all ages. The Board, administration and staff of the Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka are committed to excellence in continuing medical education and aspire to become a more efficient, cost-effective and customer friendly institution.
