RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Oborný, Tomáš T1 INTRODUCING YOU TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF OSTRAVA JF Biomedical papers YR 2007 VO 151 IS 2 SP 357 OP 357 UL https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-200702-0032.php AB Historically, establishment of a medical facility in Ostrava dates from 14th August 1912 when the municipalities of Vítkovice and Zábřeh nad Odrou opened a jointly built but not very large Epidemiological Hospital.The hospital then underwent developments which were infl uenced by two world wars and the social and political events of the past century. A new step in its mission was achieved with a decision of the Ministry of Health to grant it the status of a University Hospital on 8th April 1992.