Rigshospitalet

Rigshospitalet is the patients' hospital, a major centre for medical research, a place of employment for our staff and an enterprise engaged in the whole range of patient treatment, research, development, and training. Our mission is to be Denmark's leading hospital for patients needing highly specialized treatment and care. With 1,120 beds, Rigshospitalet has responsibility for 65,000 inpatients and approximately 420,000 ambulant visits annually. In addition to its 7,000 personnel (representing 6,000 full-time equivalents), the hospital trains, hosts and has the in-service advantages of students of medicine and other health care sciences, as well as scientists working within Rigshospitalet under a variety of research grants. Carrying both national and regional responsibility within virtually the entire spectrum of medical specialties, it plays a prominent role within the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, as well as the Copenhagen University Hospital System.