St. Erik Eye Hospital is one of the world's leading eye hospitals and is the only eye hospital in Sweden. We conduct both planned and emergency eye care and receive about 200,000 patient visits every year. The hospital is situated in Stockholm, but we treat patients with eye complaints from all over Sweden and from abroad. St. Erik Eye Hospital is a university hospital and a great deal of research, development and teaching goes on here. This is advantageous for patients and hospital personnel alike. St. Erik Eye Hospital has 400 employees and is run as a limited liability company owned by Stockholm County Council.