The North Karelia Central Hospital (Finnish: Pohjois-Karjalan keskussairaala) is a hospital located in the city of Joensuu in North Karelia, Finland.

[1][2] The hospital is located near the city center of Joensuu on the top of Niinivaara, from where its white main building can be seen tens of kilometers all the way to Koli.

[4] In North Karelia, the hospital provides special medical services to a total of 166,400 inhabitants in 13 municipalities.

[8] The North Karelia Central Hospital does not have open heart surgery and neurosurgery;[9] by decree of the Finnish Government, for example, organ transplants are centralized throughout the country at Helsinki University Central Hospital and hyperbaric oxygen treatment at Turku University Hospital.

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