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he Clinical Hospital Center of Rijeka is one of five clinical hospital centers in Croatia and is the central hospital in this part of the Republic of Croatia. It is a regional hospital center covering three counties, providing medical care for approximately 600,000 inhabitants.
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t the same time, the Clinical Hospital Center of Rijeka is a teaching and scientific-research base of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Rijeka. Besides the management and the administrative-technical services, it consists of 18 clinics, 6 clinical institutes, 7 independent institutes and the hospital pharmacy. The total capacity is 1,069 hospital beds and it employs more than 3800 employees.