Chief of Azerbaijani president's Medical Service visits Vienna Central Hospital

The aim of the visit was to become familiar with work condition of Azerbaijani physicians in the Hospital where they are taking courses to improve qualification.

The Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev personally initiated the Medical Service to have such agreement with the AKH on organization of extension courses.

In May, 2009, President`s Medical Service and the AKH concluded a relevant contract which allowed nine Azerbaijani physicians to have extension courses in Vienna.

The AKH is the University medical center of the city of Vienna. The AKH is the largest hospital of Austria and Europe, the second largest hospital in the world, and at 85-m (279-ft) high is one of the tallest hospital buildings in the world.

At present, about 9,000 people are employed at the AKH. Of these, approximately 1,600 physicians and 4,500 allied health and nursing workers attend to patients. Annually, nearly 95,000 people are treated as inpatients, and another half-million attend the hospital`s 384 outpatient clinics.

Over 11,000 students are registered at the Medical University of Vienna.

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