West-Tallinn Central Hospital (AS Lääne-Tallinna keskhaigla)

West-Tallinn Central Hospital (AS Lääne-Tallinna keskhaigla)

General information

Department
Women"s Clinic (Pelgulinna Sünnitusmaja)
University
University of Tartu
City
Tallinn
Country
Estonia
First Accreditation
2016
Accredited until:
1.10.2023
Next Accreditation
On-site

Contact Information

Head of Department
Piret Veerus/Helle Karro
Contact
piret.veerus@keskhaigla.ee

Short presentation

Short Presentation
West-Tallinn Central Hospital Women’s Clinic is the second largest perinatal health care centre in Estonia with appr 3300 deliveries each year. Established in 1970, it has the following departments: outpatients’ clinic, IVF clinic, gynaecological wards and gynaecological daycare facilities, inpatient and outpatient antenatal care units, delivery wards, neonatal department with family-centred NICU wards, simulation training centre. The number of doctors is 50, the mean number of trainees is ten. The hospital has been accredited as a Baby-friendly Hospital. The delivery induction rate in 2019 was 24.9%, the C-section rate 17.2%, the VE rate 4.2% and perinatal mortality 2.1‰. We also help victims of sexual violence, the multidisciplinary team is powered by psychologist and social care worker. About one fourth of gynecolocical oncological patients in Estonia receive surgical treatment in our hospital with a high proportion of laparoscopic oncological operations. The hospital has 35 beds for obstetrical patients and 15 for gynecological ones.There are 4 intensive care beds, 6 NICU wards, 5 neonatal care wards, and 10 beds for gynecological day surgery. In 2019, the number of outpatient visits was 55,527. The number of gynecological operations in 2019 was nearly 2300. The number of research publications per year is about four.

Strong points of centre

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Good working environment
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Good leadership
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Modern equipment for training purposes
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Patient volumes covering all relevant aspects of the basic training programme
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Training-oriented senior staff

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