Hospital Clínico Universitario

The Hospital Universitario de Caracas[1] or University Hospital of Caracas (also named Hospital Clínico Universitario or just El Clínico) is a publicly owned hospital located in the spaces of the Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas, part of the Central University of Venezuela, located in the Chaguaramos parish of Libertador Municipality in the District Capital of Venezuela and west of Caracas Metropolitan District and the city of Caracas, the north central Venezuela.[2]

Hospital Universitario de Caracas
Hospital Universitario de Caracas
Geography
Location	Caracas, Venezuela
Coordinates	10°29′25″N 66°53′38″W
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Central University of Venezuela
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Speciality	7 departments
History
Opened	1954
Links
Website	http://huc.gov.ve/index.html
Lists	Hospitals in Venezuela

The idea of creating this institution arose in the year 1943[3] on the initiative of General Eleazar López Contreras who in the same year ordered start work with the design of the architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva. It was completed in 1954 and opened in the year 1956 under the dictatorship of General Marcos Perez Jimenez .

As part of the Central University of Venezuela its structure is World Heritage Site since 2000. It is accessible through the line 3 station of the Caracas Metro Ciudad Universitaria.