institutions where the most complicated medical conditions can be handled, Teaching, tertiary or specialized hospitals are supposed to be the apex health where research is churned out on a regular basis, and where medical practitioners such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, and physiotherapists are trained. Tertiary care is specialized consultative health care, usually for inpatients and on referral from a primary or secondary health professional, in a facility that has personnel and facilities for advanced medical investigation and treatment, such as a tertiary referral hospital.
Examples of tertiary care services are cancer management, neurosurgery, cardiac surgery, plastic surgery, treatment for severe burns, advanced neonatology services, palliative, and other complex medical and surgical interventions.