Södertälje sjukhus, Acute-care hospital in Södertälje, Sweden
Södertälje Hospital is a regional medical facility in Södertälje Municipality with departments covering emergency care, surgery, pediatrics, and gynecology. The complex consists of connected buildings and departments organized to provide integrated care across multiple specialties.
Södertälje's first hospital opened in 1777 on Orionkullen with 6–8 beds, was expanded to about 25 beds, and closed in 1823. A new lasarett was inaugurated on 1 October 1868 and became a county hospital on 1 January 1869 with 24 beds. The current hospital was built in 1907 with 36 beds; later rebuilds by Hjalmar Cederström (1913), Theodor Kellgren (1918–1921) and Tore E:son Lindhberg (1932–1933, 1938–1941) raised capacity to 240 beds.
The site on Erik Dahlbergs väg is framed by the Biologiska Museet, the old Läroverket school, Idrottsparken and Täljehallen. The hospital's earlier name, lasarett, survives in local speech, and the 1777 hospital on Orionkullen is remembered as the town's first. The emergency department and the maternity ward stay open around the clock all year.
The hospital stands on Erik Dahlbergs väg on the eastern side of the Södertälje canal, framed by the Biological Museum, the old grammar school building, Idrottsparken and Täljehallen. The emergency department and the maternity ward are open around the clock, every day of the year. The newest treatment building opened in August 2017 and a renovated ward building with 120 single rooms in October 2019.
The first hospital in Södertälje opened in 1777 on Orionkullen hill, run as a Lasarett of the Order of the Seraphim with only 6–8 beds, funded by the Seraphimerorden guild. Bed numbers grew to about 25 by 1823, when the hospital was closed and patients were sent to Serafimerlasarettet and Danvikens hospital.
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