The following state-run hospitals in Budapest are listed on Medlist, a commercial website designed to list healthcare-related resources on a geographic basis (Medlist2 1998):

Central Military Hospital

Department of Interior Central Hospital

Judicial Observation Hospital

National Railroads Children's Hospital

National Railroads Hospital Budapest

Medlist also provides a list of university hospitals in Budapest (Medlist4 1998):

Apáthy István Children's Hospital and Clinic

Children's Rehabilitation Hospital

Haynal Imre School of Medicine

Semmelweis University

Szent Ferenc Hospital

National medical institutions listed on Medlist include:

Children's Hospital of Svábhegy

National Emergency Hospital

National Gottsegen György Cardiology Institute

National Hematological és Immunol. Institute

National Koranyi TB and Pulmonary Institute

National Neurosurgical Institute

National Onkological Institute

National Rehabilitation Institute

National Rheumathological Institute

National Sports Institute

National Trauma Hospital (Medlist1 1998)

General hospitals found on this website include:

City Hospital of Csepel

Jahn Ferenc City Hospital

Péterfy Sándor Street City Hospital

Szent Imre City Hospital

Szent István City Hospital

Szent János City Hospital

Uzsoki Street City Hospital (Medlist3 1998)

The following list of hospitals is found on Virtual Hungary, a website that provides various business and community listings across Hungary (Virtual Hungary1 20 Aug. 2001):

A Focus Medical Mikro - Eye Surgery Center

Aranykereszt Hospice

Aricbasev Eye Surgery Clinic

Art Medic Private Clinic

Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital - Clinic

Bethesda Children's Hospital of the Hungarian Reformed Church

Buda Children's Hospital Clinic

Buda MÁV (National Railway) Hospital

Erzsébet Hospital - Clinic

Heim Pál Children's Hospital Clinic

Hungarian Cardiological Institute

Hungarian Haematology and Blood Transfusion Institute

Hungarian Psychiatry and Neurology Institute

Hungarian Surgery Institute

Kaáli Institute Outpatient Gynecology

Madarász Street Children's Hospital-Clinic

Magyar Kórházszövetség - Hungarian Association of Hospitals

Mazsihisz (Jewish Organization) Szeretetkórház Hospital

Nyírö Gyula Kórház-Clinic

ORFI Hungarian Rheumatology and Physiotherapy Institute

Schopf-Mérei Ågoston City Hospital

Semmelweis Medical University (SOTE) Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology Clinic

Semmelweis Medical University (SOTE) Maternity and Gynecology Clinic #2

Svábhegyi (Szabadsághegyi) State Children's Care Institute

Szent László Hospital

Szent Margit Hospital

Szent Rókus Hospital and Clinic

Újpesti Hospital - Clinic

Other clinics in Budapest found on this website include:

Animal Hospital and Clinic, Budapest Animal Hospital Ltd.

Belváros-Lipótváros Health Services (BLESZ)

Bioptron Care Center Ltd.

Central Detoxication Institute

Central Emergency Outpatient Clinic

Central Mental Care Institute

Central Oncology Care Institute

Central Stomatology Institute

Child Care Emergency

Dermatology and Venereal Disease Clinic

Falck SOS Hungary

Ferencváros Health Services Clinic

Oxivit Medical Professionals

Terézváros Health Services (Virtual Hungary2 20 Aug. 2001)

Other hospitals in Budapest include:

Telki Private Hospital (Business Hungary Nov. 2001)

Semmelweis Medical School Department of Ophthalmology (IFOS/ICO 14 Jan. 2002)

MÁV Central Hospital (Center for Culture and Communication 28 July 1997)

Information provided by the military attaché at the Embassy of the Republic of Hungary in Ottawa during an 18 March 2002 telephone interview indicated that while military bases in Budapest do not have a medical wing as such, each base has a small medical unit that can treat minor problems. Other cases are treated at the Central Military Hospital, which is operated by the military (ibid.).

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

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Center for Culture and Communication. 28 July 1997. "MÁV Central Hospital Budapest, Department of Neurosurgery." http://www.c3.hu/~mavideg/angol.htm [Accessed 14 Mar. 2002]

Embassy of the Republic of Hungary, Ottawa. 18 March 2002. Telephone interview with official.

International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO). 14 January 2002. "The Eye Site: Hungary." http://www.icoph.org/ba701/dir3hun.html [Accessed 13 Mar. 2002]

Medlist1. 1998. "National Institutes Hungary." http://www.medlist.com/Hungarian/Hospitals/hhosp1.htm [Accessed 13 Mar. 2002]

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Virtual Hungary2. 20 August 2001. "Clinics in Hungary." http://virtualhungary.com/lists/clinics.htm [Accessed 13 Mar. 2002]