Finally it got its present name – Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital.

However, since 1958 residents of Riga in daily life refer to the hospital by one simple word – Stradiņa.

[3] On 2 August 2013, at around 09:21 several oxygen gas cylinders exploded in the basement of the cardiology wing's 32nd block, injuring two people.

[citation needed] On 31 July 2019, a phone call was received by Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital regarding a planted bomb which caused the hospital’s administration to evacuate all patients and halt operations that day.

Block A stage one was constructed at a cost of €74,890,870, with €24,076,323 provided by the European Regional Development Fund.