Royal Koningstad Hospital

The Royal Koningstad Hospital is the main hospital in Koningstad. The hospital is closely linked to the King Adrian Medical School of the Royal University of Koningstad to provide training, postgraduate training and continuing education of physicians. As such, the cluster formation and the RKH research is headed by the Dean who manages the academic aspects of the institution's activities.

History
The RKH was founded in 1579 as the Sint-Pieters Gasthuis in the Grafstad district. It was a church-run institution which tended to the sick and needy of the town. The hospital was a small building located by a chapel but in the late 18th century and the mid-19th century it was expanded to accomodate the rise in population in the city.