Oulu University Hospital

Oulu University Hospital
Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District
Hospital buildings
Geography
Location	Kontinkangas, Oulu, FI
Coordinates	65°00′27″N 025°31′07″E / 65.00750°N 25.51861°E / 65.00750; 25.51861
Organisation
Funding	Public hospital
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	University of Oulu
Services
Beds	ca. 900
Helipad	ICAO: EFHO
History
Opened	1973[1]
Links
Website	oys.fi

Oulu University Hospital (OUH, Finnish: Oulun yliopistollinen sairaala, OYS) is a university hospital in Oulu, Finland. It is the northernmost of the five university hospitals in Finland.^[2]

The Oulu University Hospital is affiliated with the University of Oulu, and it is used as a teaching hospital by the Faculty of Medicine. The hospital was established in 1973. In 1963–1972 the teaching hospital of the university was the Oulu provincial hospital.^[1] The hospital serves as the central hospital for Northern Ostrobothnia region. It was previously named as Oulu University Central Hospital (Finnish: Oulun yliopistollinen keskussairaala, OYKS).

The hospital is owned and operated by the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District (Finnish: Pohjois-Pohjanmaan sairaanhoitopiiri) which is a joint municipal authority responsible for production of specialized medical services in the region. It also owns and operates two other hospitals: Oulaskangas Hospital in Oulainen and Visala Hospital in Ylivieska.^[2] At the turn of the 1990s, the Oulunsuu hospital and Heikinharju hospital were attached to the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and they became OYS Psychiatry.