Sremska Kamenica Institute


Sremska Kamenica Institute is one of the most modern and well known institutes and hospitals in Serbia and in former Yugoslavia; located in Sremska Kamenica, one of the neighborhoods of Novi Sad - the capital of the Serbian province of Vojvodina.

Institute complex

The whole complex is divided into a couple of buildings and different institutes. It consist of three institutes:
The largest building is for The Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, located in the building built in 1960. The whole complex is surrounded by the park and validity under the state's protection. The Institute is a constituent part of the Faculty of Medicine in Novi Sad as a separate health and organization unit.

History

The first hospital was built for the Institute for Tuberculosis in 1957. The first patient was admitted to the new hospital on 6 June 1960. The diagnostic department for non-tuberculous patients was opened the following year and the surgery unit shortly afterwards, where resection surgeries of the lungs were performed.
The Institute of Oncology is founded later on the same location in 1965. In 1977, The Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases was founded. As of 2017, the Institute has 848 beds.