1830 is considered the year of origination of Liepaja hospital, when the first health care facility was arranged in a wooden barrack. The first attempts to educate and train medical staff in Liepaja date back to 1905. Patient attendants were trained on the hospital premises so that they could take care of the patients suffering from infectious diseases. In 1919, when a surgeon Dr. med. Jēkabs Alksnis became the head of Liepaja hospital, the courses for patient attendants acquired the status of an educational establishment. Being aware of the role of adequate patient attendance, J. Alksnis developed the program for training of the sisters of charity. Liepaja Medical School was established in 1945 and it worked until its reorganization in 2004, when it was transformed into Liepaja Medical College. On 14 May 2010, the college became part of Rīga Stradiņš University, and its name was changed to Liepaja Medical College of Rīga Stradiņš University. Since 1945, more than 3400 nurses, nurse assistants, physician assistants, birth attendants, health and sports specialists, and masseurs graduated from the educational establishment. Currently, it is the only educational establishment in Kurzeme that educates and trains medical staff. The school educates and trains about 200 students annually.