St. Olavs hospital has several regional and national tasks for the 725,600 inhabitants of Møre and Romsdal and Trøndelag (January, 1st 2018). Most of the hospital business is located in Trondheim. St. Olav is the local hospital for the population of southern Trøndelag.
St. Olavs hospital is the University Hospital for Mid-Norway and integrated with NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim). Patient treatment, research and education are integrated functions.
Management and departments of St. Olavs hospital
The University Hospital
The University Hospital is built in Øya in central Trondheim. The first clinical centres were completed in 2006. The entire hospital project was completed in 2015, and has a total area of 197 500 m2.
St. Olavs hospital was officially opened in June, 12 th, 2010. Total cost for the new hospital amounts to 12,5 billion NOK.
The main tasks are:
- patient treatment
- training of patients and their next of kin
- research
- education of health professionals