St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, is integrated with NTNU, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, and owned by the Central Norway Regional Health Authority.The main tasks of the Hospital (public health enterprise) are patient treatment, the teaching of patients and their relatives, research, and education for health professionals.The hospital has 9726 employees in 7064 labouryears. Total annual budget amounts to 7,3 billion (Dec. 31, 2011).