Vestfold Hospital Trust

Vestfold Hospital in Tønsberg.

Vestfold Hospital Trust (Norwegian: Sykehuset i Vestfold) is a public health trust which serves Vestfold, Norway. Its main facility is Tønsberg Hospital, which supplements divisions in Larvik, Sandefjord and Horten. As of 2002, the hospital had 3,000 employees. The hospital was founded in 1870. It was merged with Horten Hospital, originally the Navy Hospital, established in 1828, in 1998, and merged with Sandefjord Hospital and Larvik Hospital in 2000, and with the Psychiatry of Vestfold Trust in 2012. It is owned by Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.

The hospital was established as Jarlsberg and Larvik County Hospital (Jarlsberg og Larvik Amts Sygehus). It was renamed Vestfold County Hospital (Vestfold fylkessykehus) in 1918 and was significantly extended during Nikolai Nissen Paus' tenure as director (1918–1947). It was later renamed Vestfold Central Hospital (Vestfold sentralsykehus) and Vestfold Hospital (Sykehuset i Vestfold).

External links

Official website

Health trusts and state health agencies in Norway by regional health authority

Government agencies	Board of Health Supervision Directorate for Emergency Communication Directorate for Health and Social Affairs Institute of Public Health Medicines Agency Radiation Protection Authority

Northern	Finnmark Helgeland Nordland Pharmaceutical Trust University Hospital

Central	Møre og Romsdal Nord-Trøndelag Pharmaceutical Trust St. Olav's

Western	Bergen Fonna Førde Pharmaceutical Trust Stavanger

Southern and Eastern	Akershus Innlandet Oslo Østfold Pharmaceutical Trust Sunnaas Southern Norway Telemark Vestfold Vestre Viken

Joint ventures	Norwegian Air Ambulance

Ministry of Health and Care Services

Coordinates: 59°16′21″N 10°25′06″E / 59.27250°N 10.41833°E / 59.27250; 10.41833

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