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Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre
Former name	1844: Saint Joseph's Hospital and Annexes (Hospital de São José e Anexos) 1913: Civil Hospitals of Lisbon (Hospitais Civis de Lisboa) 2007: Central Lisbon Hospital Centre (Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central)
Established	1844
Headquarters	Rua José António Serrano, Arroios, Lisbon
Hospitals	Hospital de São José, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Hospital de Santa Marta, Hospital Curry Cabral, Maternidade Alfredo da Costa
Staff	7,944 (2019)
Website	www.chlc.min-saude.pt

Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central (pronounced [ˈsẽtɾu ɔʃpitɐˈlaɾ univɨɾsiˈtaɾju ðɨ liʒˈβoɐ sẽˈtɾal]; CHULC; "Central Lisbon University Hospital Centre") is a public hospital centre (a state-owned enterprise) serving the Greater Lisbon area, in Portugal.

CHULC is one of the four hospital centres in Lisbon, alongside Northern Lisbon University Hospital Centre (CHULN), Western Lisbon Hospital Centre (CHLO) and the Lisbon Psychiatric Hospital Centre (CHPL). It groups together the hospitals Hospital de São José, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Hospital de Dona Estefânia, Hospital de Santa Marta, Hospital Curry Cabral, and Maternidade Alfredo da Costa.

History

The beginnings of the hospital centre go back to 1844 with the establishment of "Saint Joseph's Hospital and Annexes" (Hospital de São José e Anexos), when Hospital de São José annexed the nearby Leper Hospital of Saint Lazarus (Gafaria de São Lázaro); not long after, the Rilhafoles Mental Asylum (some time later renamed Miguel Bombarda Hospital) and the Desterro Hospital also became institutionally attached to São José. Other hospitals in the city merged into the centre along the years (some of them no longer in operation): Hospital de Dona Estefânia in 1877, Hospital de Arroios in 1892, Hospital de Santa Marta in 1903, Hospital Curry Cabral in 1906, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos in 1928, and most recently, Maternidade Alfredo da Costa, in 2012. In 1913, the hospital centre became known as the "Civil Hospitals of Lisbon" (Hospitais Civis de Lisboa, HCL), a name by which it is sometimes still colloquially known as.

References

1. "Gestão: Relatórios de Atividades". Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central (in Portuguese).
2. ^ "Hospital de São José". chlc.min-saude.pt. Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. "Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, EPE". sns.gov.pt. Serviço Nacional de Saúde. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

• Official site

• Hospitals in Lisbon