Sklifosovsky Institute for Emergency Medicine
Emergency medicine research hospital in Moscow, Russia
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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.
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| Geography | |
| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Coordinates | 55°46′24″N 37°38′07″E |
| Organisation | |
| Network | Health Department of the Government of Moscow |
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| Helipads | |
| Helipad | Yes |
| History | |
| Founded | 1810 |
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| Website | sklif |
| Lists | Hospitals in Russia |
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 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.
