The Hospital Universitario Insular de Gran Canaria is a teaching hospital of general scope in Gran Canaria. Located in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, it was founded 13 February 1971 and consists in February 2021 of 503 beds. The first patient was hospitalized 20 September 1971.The hospital is managed by the Canarian Government via the Servicio Canario de Salud and is geared to health care in the south and east of Gran Canaria.