History of hospitals

Serbian Church historic UNESCO site in Kraljevo, Serbia

The Hilandar Monastery (, , , ) is one of the twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Mount Athos in Greece and the only Serbian Orthodox monastery there. It is ranked fourth in the Athonite hierarchy of 20 sovereign monasteries.

thumb|right|250px|The Asklepieion on Kos An Asclepieion ( Asklepieion; Ἀσκλαπιεῖον in Doric dialect; Latin aesculapīum), plural Asclepieia, was a healing temple in ancient Greece (and in the wider Hellenistic and Roman world) that was dedicated to Asclepius, the first doctor-demigod in Greek mythology. Asclepius was said to have been such a skilled doctor that he could even raise people from the dead. Stemming from the myth of his great healing powers, pilgrims would flock to temples built in his honor in order to seek spiritual and physical healing.

300px|thumb|upright=1.35|Reconstruction of the Maristan of Granada|Nasrid Bimaristan of [[Granada, in Spain (former al-Andalus)|alt=]] A bimaristan (; ), or simply maristan, known in Arabic as ("house of healing"; in Turkish), is a hospital in the historic Islamic world.

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aspect of history

type of small hospital

consequences of COVID-19 pandemic for hospitals