| Slotervaartziekenhuis | |
|---|---|
 Slotervaartziekenhuis Hospital in 1982 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Slotervaart neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Coordinates | 52°20′54″N4°49′33″E / 52.3482°N 4.8258°E |
| Organisation | |
| Funding | Private |
| Type | General |
| History | |
| Opened | 1975 |
| Closed | October 2018 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Netherlands |
Slotervaartziekenhuis was a hospital in the Slotervaart neighbourhood of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It went into administration in October 2018, and was closed within days. [1]
It was founded in 1975 as a municipal general hospital. It was privatised in July 1997, but was run by a not-for-profit foundation. In 2006 it was sold to Aysel Erbudak, and thereby became the first fully privatised general hospital in the Netherlands. As of 2013 it was[ when? ] owned by Dr Loek Winter.
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