It was officially opened on 29 November 1975 and as of December 2019[update] has over 2,100 beds and over 8,300 employees, making it one of the largest hospital centres in Central Europe.

Since February 2023, the Director General of the Ljubljana University Medical Centre has been the traumatologist Marko Jug.

[4] The design was work by a group of architects led by Stanko Kristl [sl] (diagnostic, therapeutic, and service facilities – DTS) and the architect Janez Trenz (in-patient wards).

In 2005, a company led by the architect Uroš V. Birsa designed a new emergency centre.

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