Academic Hospital Helios Hettstedt

Academic Hospital Helios Hettstedt was built in 1870 as a hospital for miners in a half-timbered structure. Over the years, the hospital has experienced numerous transformations and is located in a modern building that impresses its scale and number of services. Since 2009, it has belonged to the Helios Clinic Group, the largest hospital operator in Europe. The most popular are psychiatric and neurological care, endoprosthetics, and a trauma center. The hospital has 272 beds, eight departments, and serves 20,000 people a year in a large area. Helios Hospital in Hettstedt works closely with the network's regional clinics and provides a psychiatry and psychotherapy clinic with 75 inpatient and 60 outpatient beds. The main direction of treatment is the treatment of inpatients with protracted chronic diseases, as well as day inpatient care for patients and outpatient treatment of patients in the outpatient clinic of the psychiatric institute following the concept of social-psychiatric treatment. For many years, Gettstedt has shared a highly skilled pelvic floor incontinence center for treating urinary and fecal incontinence and a trauma center for the elderly associated with orthopedics and accident surgery.  In recent years, 353 cases of knee arthroplasty and 300 hip arthroplasty patients were successfully evaluated.  Also, the medical center actively participates in social life. In addition, an online chat from the delivery room and a pediatric symposium are held to improve the education of the region's residents and medical professionals. Due to the high safety quality and compliance with standards, the clinic received a Silver certificate from "Aktion Clean Hands," confirming an increased focus on patients' health. Hettstedt Academic Hospital specializes in general and visceral surgery, anesthesia and pain therapy, otorhinolaryngology, therapy, orthopedics and traumatology, psychiatry, and primary gynecological care. Interdisciplinary competence centers include geriatric traumatology, regional traumatology, and the center for pain management. Highly qualified doctors and experienced support staff are ready around the clock to provide high-quality care to patients worldwide.