Main > Medical terms> Out-patient and polyclinic institutions

Out-patient and polyclinic institutions

Out-patient and polyclinic institutions – the general name combining the treatment and prevention facilities providing extra hospital medical care. Also in out-patient and polyclinic institutions preventive events among employees of the serviced enterprise, establishment or the serviced population are held. Policlinics, health centers, out-patient clinics, medical and obstetrical centers are among such institutions.

 
Whether you know that:

The 74-year-old resident of Australia James Harrison became blood donor about 1000 times. It has a rare blood group which antibodies help to survive the newborn with a severe form of anemia. Thus, the Australian saved about two million children.