Opća bolnica Zadar osnovana
je 1887. godine kao Pokrajinska bolnica. Međutim preteča naše bolnice
datira iz davne 559. godine kada je osnovan hospital za bolesne strance
(ksenodohij) u kući gradskog priora Bazilija.
To je ujedno i prvi
hospital na području današnje Republike Hrvatske. O bolničkoj
djelatnosti u Zadru postoje podaci već iz XVI. stoljeća kada se spominje
vojna bolnica (1515. godine).
Prva civilna bolnica javlja se 1804. godine,
kada austrijski komesar za Dalmaciju pretvara vojnu bolnicu u civilnu. Time su uz ostalo stvoreni uvjeti da se za vrijeme francuske vladavine
1806. godine otvori Medicinsko-kirurška škola.
Iako djeluje kratko
vrijeme (ukinuta je 1811. godine) potpuno odgovara medicinskom fakultetu.
Tu su se dodijelile prve diplome na ovim prostorima liječniku Juliju
Piniju iz Skradina i ljekarnicima Mihovilu Brčiću i Gaetanu Brizziju.
Bolnica u tom razdoblju služi za praktičnu obuku studenata
Medicinsko-kirurške škole. Tu je izvršena i prva narkoza eterom
(eter-narkoza) u našoj zemlji, samo nekoliko mjeseci nakon prve narkoze
izvedene u Bostonu. Ova bolnica djeluje do otvaranja nove Pokrajinske
bolnice 1887. godine.
Nakon prvog svjetskog rata i raspada Austro-Ugarske
monarhije Zadar sa susjednim selima pripada Italiji, tako da godine 1923.
Talijani preuzimaju bolnicu.
Padom Italije u rujnu 1943. i zbog
bombardiranja Zadar je gotovo opustio. Grad napuštaju i zdravstveni
djelatnici, a zatvaraju se i zdravstvene ustanove. Veći je dio
inventara iz oštećene bolnice odnesen u Trst, a u crkvenoj kući u
Bokanjcu (predgrađe Zadra, op.a.) organiziran je stacionar koji je bio u
funkciji tijekom cijele 1944. godine. U to vrijeme zdravstvena služba
organizirana je kao Okružna, odnosno Kotarska u nekim okolnim mjestima i
otocima.
Završetkom rata uspostavljaju se i ambulante, te se radi na uređenju
ponovno otvorene bolnice. Godine 1948. formirana je gradsko-kotarska
poliklinika, a od 1952.-1962. godine ranija Pokrajinska bolnica naziva se
Opća bolnica.
Od 1. siječnja 1963.godine Opća bolnica zajedno s Domom narodnog
zdravlja i zdravstvenim stanicama u Silbi, Preku, Božavi i Ninu čine
Medicinski centar Zadar.
U razdoblju Domovinskog rata (1991.-1995.) bolnica je odigrala značajnu
ulogu zbrinjavanjem velikog broja ranjenika (vojnika i civila) s čitavog
zadarskog područja, a i sama u nekoliko navrata biva žrtvom
neprijateljskog topništva.
Od 1994. godine Medicinski centar Zadar prestaje postojati, te se dijeli
na Dom zdravlja Zadar i Opću bolnicu Zadar.
DANAS
Danas je Opća bolnica Zadar značajna regionalna ustanova koja broji 20 medicinskih odjela i 8 službi sa 1.240 ukupno zaposlena od toga 944 zdravstvenih djelatnika i 296 nezdravstvenih djelatnika.
Broj bolesničkih kreveta je 494, a prosječna iskorištenost u 2010. godini bila je 80, 67%. Prosiječan broj dana liječenja je iznosio 5,6 dana.
Tijekom iste godine obrađeno je ukupno 24.685 slučajeva u stacionarnom dijelu dok je u specijalističko-konzilijarnom dijelu izvršeno 246 995 pregleda i 3 093 293 usluga.
U 2007. godini u suradnji sa Sveučilištem u Zadru pokrenut je Studij sestrinstva na kojem je angažirano 25 liječnika i 25 prvostupnica sestrinstva. OB Zadar je postala nastavna baza Sveučilišta u Zadru.
Intenzivna suradnja s Medicinskim fakultetom u Osijeku rezultirala je potpisivanjem ugovora o suradnji u 2010. godini, čime je bolnica postala nastavna baza medicinskog fakulteta i sudjeluje u nastavi studenata medicine.
Kategorizacijom bolnica u 2011. godini bolnica je svrstana u kategoriju županijskih bolnica regionalnog značenja (II. A).
THE HISTORY OF ZADAR GENERAL HOSPITAL
General Hospital Zadar was founded in 1887 as a district hospital. However, the predecessor of our hospital dates back to the year 559 when a hospital for sick foreigners was founded (xenodoctium) in the house of the city prior Bazilius.
It was, at the time, the first hospital in today’s territory of the Republic of Croatia. Data of the hospital activity in Zadar exists from the 16th century, when a military hospital was mentioned (1515).
The first civil hospital appeared in 1804, when the Austrian commissioner for Dalmatia converted the military hospital into a civil one. Conditions for the opening of a medical-surgical school were thus created during French rule in 1806.
Even though it operated for a brief period of time (dissolved in 1811), it corresponded completely to a medical faculty. The first diplomas were awarded here to physician Julije Pinija from Skradin and the pharmacists Mihovil Brčić and Gaetano Brizzi. At the time, the hospital was used for Medical-Surgical School training. The first ether narcosis in our country was performed here, only a few months after the first narcosis was performed in Boston. This hospital was active until the opening of the new District Hospital in 1887.
After the First World War and the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, Zadar and its neighboring villages pertained to Italy, so that in 1923 the Italians took over the hospital.
Due to the fall of Italy in September 1943 and the bombing, Zadar was completely devastated. The city was abandoned by health-care workers and health institutions were closed down. A greater part of the inventory from the damaged hospital was taken to Trieste, while in the Church house in Bokanjcu (Zadar suburbs) an in-patient care was organized and it was active throughout 1944. During that time, health care service in the surrounding localities and islands was organized as district or county service.
Once the war ended, surgeries and medical practices were opened and arrangements were made for the re-opening of the hospital. A city-district policlinics war founded in 1948, and from 1952 to1962 the earlier District Hospital was named General Hospital.
From January 1, 1963, General Hospital and National Public Medical Care Institute, together with the health stations in Silba, Preko, Božava and Nin, formed Zadar Medical Center.
During the War for Independence period (1991-1995) , the hospital played a significant role in managing with the great number of wounded (military and civilians) from the entire Zadar region, and being itself, at times, victim of enemy artillery.
In1994 Zadar Medical Center stopped functioning and divided into the Public Medical Care Institute an Zadar General Hospital.
ZADAR GENERAL HOSPITAL – TODAY
Today General Hospital Zadar is a significant regional institution with 20 medical departments and 8 service departments counting 1,240 employees of which 944 are medical workers and 296 are non-medical workers.
There are 494 beds with an average occupancy rate of 80.67% in the year 2010. The average number of in-patient treatment days was 5.6.
During the mentioned year 24,685 cases of in-patient care were treated while specialist-counselling conducted 246,995 examinations and 3,093,293 services.
The Study of Nursing was initiated in 2007 in cooperation with Zadar University. 25 physicians and 25 bachelor of nursing are engaged in the study. General Hospital Zadar has become a lecturing basis University of Zadar.
Intensive cooperation with Osijek Faculty of Medicine resulted in the signing of a cooperation agreement in 2010 whereby the General Hospital Zadar became a lecture basis for the Faculty of Medicine and it participates in medical students' lectures.
The categorization of hospitals in 2011 placed the hospital in the of county hospitals of regional importance category.
On February 9, 2011, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Croatia issued the decision by which the category of Zadar General Hospital was established:
«COUNTY HOSPITAL OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE (II. A)»
O bolnici
