Asklepios Hospital Lich

8.80

Lich, Germany

User Score	Total Reviews	Rating	Media Files	Certificates	Founded In	Beds	Patients	Ownership	Age Group	Clinic Type	Type of Care	Size	Online Consultations
81%	258	8.8/10	5	10	1972	242	30000	Private hospital	Kids, Adults	General	Inpatient, Outpatient	Medium	No

Overview

Size & Capacity

Medium, 242 beds

Clinic type

General

Type of care

Inpatient, Outpatient

Age group

Kids, Adults

4.3 on Google

The data collected based on 258 patient reviews on Google

Certificates

Features & Facts

Years of experience in patient care

Asklepios Hospital Lich is the 1st academic hospital in Germany, offering a wide range of services focusing on obesity, geriatrics, colon cancer, and endoprosthetics. With 15 specialized departments, it employs 700 persons who serve 30,000+ patients annually.

Innovators proctology

The head physician, Dr. Tilo Schwandner, has introduced new methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease and anal fistulas. One of them involves transplanting stem cells obtained from healthy donors, which has demonstrated promising results.

Certified colon cancer center

The clinic has a special focus on colon and rectum tumor treatment. The German Cancer Society certificates it, works closely with the EDZ of Hesse Mitte, and is actively involved in several clinical trials, such as EDIUM and PEARL.

Expert in pelvic floor operations

Asklepios Hospital Lich offers effective and permanent solutions to incontinence or chronic constipation patients. They use mesh insert for pelvic floor reconstruction and stimulation of sacral nerves through implantation of a pacemaker for the intestine.

Endocrine surgery with high-quality standards

The clinic uses advanced sonographic elastography and ultrasonic scalpels for minimally invasive procedures. It boasts a team of specialists, like Dr. Jochen Shabram, an expert in endocrine surgery and co-author of thyroid disease guidelines.

About the clinic

Asklepios Hospital Lich has been offering its benefits since 1972 as a leading medical center in the region, mainly focused on international patients. More than 600 employees ensure high quality of services. Annually, 30,000 are treated in 242 beds. An impeccable reputation and numerous positive reviews from patients made the medical center famous. In addition, the clinic participates in training new medical personnel, conducting clinical research, facilitating access to the most modern treatment, and exchanging knowledge. One of the main areas of Asklepios Сlinic in Lich is coloproctology. The collaboration with the Colon Center (EDZ) Hessen Mitte enabled the establishment of a center of competence for coloproctology, which was certified as an organ center by the German Cancer Society for the first time in 2018. In addition, the surgical field includes minimally invasive organ-sparing techniques and open multi-organ operations. Another competence center is the interdisciplinary pelvic floor center Hessen Mitte, in which visceral surgeons, coloproctologists, gastroenterologists, radiologists, gynecologists, urologists, osteopaths, and physiotherapists collaborate. Sacral nerve stimulation (SNS), POPS (Mesh Insert for Pelvic Floor Reconstruction), and STARR-OP/Transtar (Transanal rectal resection) are performed at the highest level. The department of hernia surgery was also awarded the "Surgical Quality Guaranteed" certificate by the German hernia society. Endocrine surgery has also achieved significant recognition. The specialists in surgery and visceral surgery have the "Neck Endocrine Surgery" award from the European Board of surgical qualifications. In addition, they are included in the "Best Doctors in Germany" list by the journal Guter Rat. Furthermore, the department is certified by the German Society of general and visceral surgery as one of 40 competence centers for thyroid and parathyroid surgery in the country. It is also worth noting that the Lich Asklepios Hospital is the first clinic in the Central Hesse region certified as an arthroplasty center. Also, the geriatric trauma center is certified by DGU. The highly competent multidisciplinary Asklepios Medical Center Lich provides treatment and rehabilitation services in cardiology, gynecology, obstetrics, visceral and intestinal surgery, endocrinology, orthopedics, and traumatology. In addition, special attention is also provided to geriatric patients. Recognition of each direction by leading medical associations guarantees high service efficiency.

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Extra services

Visa Support

Parking Space

24/7 medical assistance

Intensive Care Unit

Cafeteria

Accessibility Features

Location

Goethestraße 4, 35423 Lich, Germany

FAQ

Does the clinic treat oncology of the abdominal cavity?

Doctors offer hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemoperfusion (HIPEC), which allows a better effect on the lesions with the help of local chemotherapy. The technique is used during surgical interventions to increase the efficacy of the cure of oncology of the abdominal cavity.

Is the medical center suitable for childbirth?

The hospital received the "Baby Friendly Maternity Hospital" award, meeting the WHO and UNICEF BEST criteria. This recognition guarantees the child's safety from the first seconds of life, which makes the clinic ideal for childbirth.

Does Asklepios Hospital Lich accept geriatric patients?

A separate department of geriatrics with a multidisciplinary team and a certified geriatric trauma center allows elderly patients to receive competent care. Special attention is paid to the combination of chronic diseases in one patient simultaneously.