University Medical Centre Maribor is a public health care institute performing health care services on secondary and tertiary level for the wider region of Maribor, Pesnica, Ruše, Ormož, Lenart, Ptuj and Slovenska Bistrica. With certain subdisciplinary activities it also covers the needs of southeastern Slovenia and the Koroška region. The founder of the University Medical Centre Maribor is the Republic of Slovenia. The Slovenia government exercises the founder’s rights and obligations.