Акушерлік емдеу - University Hospital in Haydelberge

University of Heidelberg was founded by Rupert I, Elector Palatine in the 14th century under the auspices of the Pope. Since then it has become an integral part of academic life in Europe thanks to the achievements of the specialists. For example, three professors who conduct research at the university were awarded a Nobel Prize in medicine. Knowing this there is no surprise that the medical division of the university became a well-known center popular with patients from all over the world. Every year doctors from Asia, the USA and Israel come to Heidelberg to attend specialized courses in order to improve their qualification and exchange experience with German colleagues.

Heidelberg University Hospital is a medical center for international patients which includes:

• 8 medical institutes  и 17 departments
• 12 clinics и 39 divisions
• 7000 specialists, 1200 doctors
• 3100 students
• 47000 day patient every year
• 843 000 outpatients every year
• 57000 inpatients every year

Main medical facilities of the university hospital:

1.  Department of Anesthesiology (including pain center) 
2.  Women’s Hospital (General Gynecology and Obstetrics with Polyclinic; Gynecological Endocrinology and Fertility Disorders)
3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose and Throat)
4. Department of Ophthalmology
5. Department of Surgery
6. Department of Dermatology
7. Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine
8. Department of Orthopedics
9. Department of Neurosurgery
10. Department of Radiology
11. Department of Neurology

Specialists from every department work to acquire maximum skills, during operations several specialists are often present in order to achieve the best results and avoid unnecessary intervention in internal organs.  
Interesting facts:

• Max Wilms (1867 – 1918), an early twentieth-century Chair, was the first to describe nephroblastoma in children. This disease is named after Dr Max Wilms (Wilms’ tumor);
• Endoscopy department became the model of future at  the International Bronchoscopy Congress in 2000;
• In the Department of Urology the first kidney transplantation in Germany was carried out by Lars Roehlin 1967, and in 1991 Staehler and Beer performed the first laparoscopic lymphadenectomy for prostate cancer in Europe. Equipment of the Department of Urology is regularly upgraded which helps to optimally diagnose and treat urogenital disorders;
• In Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg more than 5 000 examinations are carried out and more than two thousand surgeries on lungs and adjacent organs are performed;

Hematology, Oncology and Rheumatology Clinic is famous for its research. A special state oncological center with the biggest stem cell bank in the country was created here.
Another center which deals with sleep disorders works here in the hospital. Specialists of this center observe patient’s sleep at every stage and analyze the problem and its connection to other disorders.
Palliative care is also of high quality. Specialists take care after terminally ill patients in order to make the stay at the hospital as comfortable as possible.