Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

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.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.HistoryHospital Sant Joan de Déu was founded in 1867. In 1973 it was a concerted 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.TeachingHospital Sant Joan de Déu has an agreement since 1994 with the University of Barcelona to promote undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. Within it is also taught continuing education for professionals, from the center and external, and training internships for professionals in various aspects of pediatric specialties and perinatology.