Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin

Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin is a military hospital founded in 1853. In 1841, the initial suggestion was made to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV to combine the 7 exceptional hospitals in Berlin at the time into one or two garrison hospitals. Over the years, it transformed into a large medical facility. The hospital's crucial core task is the education and constant training of local military medical personnel for the foreign deployments of the German Armed Forces.  In addition, the institution is an "academic teaching hospital" affiliated with the University Hospital Charite Berlin in education.   The hospital occupies 76,000m², an area equal to 19 football pitches. There are 16 specializations represented, 13 outpatient clinics, and 367 beds. More than 10,000 inpatients and more than 100,000 outpatients are treated and cared for annually. Almost 1,500 employees work in the hospital, and around 400 are medical personnel (doctors, residents, psychologists, etc. ). Intensive attention and exemplary care convey a sense of security and guarantee individual care for patients and their families. The continuous certification of the quality management system since 2006 has officially confirmed the constant striving for improvement in all hospital areas. The facilities are firmly integrated into Berlin's inpatient and emergency medical care. It is open to everyone.  As an academic facility, the hospital conducts scientific research and clinical studies alongside its clinical practice. The focus of medical care at the facility lies in rescue and emergency medicine / traumatological acute care; the Surgical center with the sub-areas of general, visceral, and thoracic surgery, vascular surgery, plastic, and hand surgery, as well as orthopedics and accident surgery; Prostate Center Berlin Mitte; Psychotraumatology (PTSD treatment), Infectology and tropical medicine with 3 trained tropical medicine specialists. The departments include adult and pediatric general, thoracic, and abdominal surgery; adult and pediatric ophthalmology; adult and pediatric psychiatry and psychotherapy; psychotraumatology and post-traumatic stress disorders; and many others.