Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil
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Hospital
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in Bochum
Bochum
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(NRW, Germany
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). It is a hospital of the Ruhr-University Bochum.
The Bergmannsheil is the world's oldest and also the largest emergency hospital.
History
The first buildings of the Bergmannsheil were erected in 1888 in order to provide medical care for injured minerMiner
A miner is a person whose work or business is to extract ore or minerals from the earth. Mining is one of the most dangerous trades in the world. In some countries miners lack social guarantees and in case of injury may be left to cope without assistance....
s. Over the decades additional departments and clinics were added, before the Bergmannsheil became a university hospital of the Ruhr University in 1977.
In 2007, the Bergmannsheil was privatized in form of a GmbH.
Facts and Figures
| annual inpatients | 60,000 |
| staff | 2000 |
| clinics and institutes | 21 |
Departments, centers and programs (overview)
- SurgicalSurgerySurgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
hospital and clinic- Surgical core hospital and trauma surgery
- Visceral surgery
- Cell biological and immunological research
- Department for neurotraumatology and spinal cord injuries
- Hospital for plastic surgeryPlastic surgeryPlastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
and burn traumatology - Hospital for cardiac and thoracic surgery
- Hospital for anaesthesia, intensive care and pain therapy
- NeurologicalNeurologyNeurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue,...
hospital and clinic - Center for internal medicineInternal medicineInternal medicine is the medical specialty dealing with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of adult diseases. Physicians specializing in internal medicine are called internists. They are especially skilled in the management of patients who have undifferentiated or multi-system disease processes...
- Medical hospital I
- Hospital for general internal medicine
- Department for endocrinologyEndocrinologyEndocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...
, metabolismMetabolismMetabolism is the set of chemical reactions that happen in the cells of living organisms to sustain life. These processes allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environments. Metabolism is usually divided into two categories...
, diabetes and intensive care - Department for gastroenterologyGastroenterologyGastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...
and hepatologyHepatologyHepatology is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders. Etymologically the word Hepatology is formed of ancient Greek hepar or hepato- meaning ' liver' and suffix -logia meaning 'word' or 'speech'...
- Medical hospital II (cardiologyCardiologyCardiology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders of the heart . The field includes diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease and electrophysiology...
and angiologyAngiologyAngiology is the medical specialty which studies the diseases of circulatory system and of the lymphatic system, i.e., arteries, veins and lymphatic vases, and its diseases...
) - Medical hospital III (pneumology, allergology and sleep medicineSleep medicineSleep medicine is a medical specialty or subspecialty devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of sleep disturbances and disorders. From the middle of the 20th century, research has provided increasing knowledge and answered many questions about sleep-wake functioning. The rapidly evolving field has...
) - Company medical office
- Chest pain unit
- Medical hospital I
- Institute for radiologyRadiologyRadiology is a medical specialty that employs the use of imaging to both diagnose and treat disease visualized within the human body. Radiologists use an array of imaging technologies to diagnose or treat diseases...
, diagnostics and nuclear medicineNuclear medicineIn nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs... - Institute for clinical chemistriy, transfusion and laboratory medicine
- Institute for pathologyPathologyPathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....
/ mesothelioma register - Rehabilitation center
- Pharmacy
- Library
- Ethics committee
- Research institute for occupational medicine (BGFA)
- HepatologicHepatologyHepatology is the branch of medicine that incorporates the study of liver, gallbladder, biliary tree, and pancreas as well as management of their disorders. Etymologically the word Hepatology is formed of ancient Greek hepar or hepato- meaning ' liver' and suffix -logia meaning 'word' or 'speech'...
center - Interdisciplinary departments
- Accident and emergency unit (zNFA)
- Hospitalisation ward
- Intermediate care unit (IMC)
- Heart and circulation center of the Ruhr-University of Bochum
- Competence center for mental disorders after occupational injuries
- Lung center
- Muscle center Ruhrgebiet
- Disseminated sclerosis center
- Stroke unit
- Surgical reference center for limb tumors
- Center for impatient treatment of diabetic foot syndrome