Summary
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona is a teaching hospital specializing in the fields of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics. It is located on Passeig Sant Joan de Déu in Esplugues de Llobregat, a municipality bordering Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). It is a privately owned center concerted by the Catalan Health Service which belongs to the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, religious organization that manages nearly 300 health centers over the world, one of which is St John of God Hospital Sierra Leone.
Facilities
The center has 362 beds and 12 operating rooms. It employs more than 1.200 professionals and attends every year more than 4.000 births, 130.000 emergencies, records 26.000 admissions and 13.000 surgeries are performed.
History
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu was founded in 1867. In 1973 it was a concerted[clarification needed] by the public health service and in 1983 became part of the Public Hospital Network. Since 2009, the hospital is associated with the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI), a prestigious organization of children's hospitals working to promote health and access to healthcare for children, and has over 200 members at the U.S., Australia, Canada, Italy, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
