Building
The Military Medical Academy complex covers the area of 21 ha. It is located on the Banjica hill area of Belgrade. It was designed by the award-winning architects Colonel Josip Osojnik and Slobodan Nikolić. Their project won the competition in 1973. The construction was finished in 1981 and the hospital officially moved into a new building and began operations on January 1, 1982.
The hospital building itself is a 14-story building covering 180.000 square meters of space divided in more than 60 different technical-technological entities with 6.000 premises.
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