Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine

Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine
Map
Geography
LocationMoscow, Russia
Coordinates55°46′24″N 37°38′07″E / 55.77333°N 37.63528°E / 55.77333; 37.63528
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
NetworkHealth Department of the Government of Moscow
Services
Emergency departmentYes
HelipadYes
History
Opened1810
Links
Websitesklif.mos.ru (in Russian)
ListsHospitals in Russia

The Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine (Russian: Институт скорой помощи имени Склифосовского), known more commonly as the Sklifosovsky Institute or by the nickname Sklif, is an emergency medicine research hospital in the Meshchansky District of Moscow, Russia.[1] Named for the Russian surgeon and physiologist N. V. Sklifosovsky, it is located on the Garden Ring circular ring road around the centre of Moscow.

It was one of the first in Russia and is the largest multidisciplinary scientific and practical center in the capital.[2] It specialises in emergency medical care, emergency surgery, resuscitation, combined and burn trauma, emergency cardiology and acute poisoning.[3]

The main building of the Sklifosovsky Institute, pictured in 1914

The Sklifosovsky Institute played a major part in Moscow's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

In fiction

The hospital was the setting of the long-running Russian TV medical drama Sklifosovsky.

References

  1. ^ Petrikov, S. S.; Khubutiya, M. Sh.; Rogal, M. L.; Kabanova, S. A.; Goldfarb, Yu. S. (2023-11-24). "Creation and Establishment of the State Emergency Medical Services and Disaster Medicine Services in Russia (to the 100th Anniversary of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine)". Russian Sklifosovsky Journal "Emergency Medical Care". 12 (3): 509–527. doi:10.23934/2223-9022-2023-12-3-509-527. ISSN 2541-8017.
  2. ^ "Могели Хубутия ушел с поста директора НИИ им. Склифосовского". vademec.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  3. ^ "Об Институте". sklif.mos.ru (in Russian). 2020-09-03. Archived from the original on 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  4. ^ Stewart, Briar (November 4, 2021). "Inside Russia's largest emergency room, as COVID-19 deaths soar". CBC. Retrieved 2024-03-24.

55°46′24″N 37°38′07″E / 55.7734°N 37.6353°E / 55.7734; 37.6353


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