University Hospital Halle (Saale)

University Hospital Halle (Saale) (UKH) is a nationally recognized institution of utmost care for complex, severe, and rare diseases and injuries in southern Saxony-Anhalt. The hospital treats patients following the latest scientific discoveries. Furthermore, patients benefit from close integration with the medical faculty of Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. According to Focus magazine, the hospital was included in the list of the best medical institutions in the country in 2019. The University Hospital serves about 42,000 inpatients and 195,000 outpatients annually in more than 30 clinics, institutes, and departments. In addition, the hospital has an Emergency Center, considered the largest in the region, as it serves more than 40,000 patients annually. The clinic consists of 982 beds in comfortably equipped wards. In the teaching block of the hospital, about 2,500 students receive theoretical and clinical knowledge. The hospital pays special attention to cardiovascular diseases and oncology. The medical team uses unique methods in diagnostics and therapy, such as the modern hybrid operating room in the Central German Cardiac Center with cardiac surgery and cardiology or the Da Vinci operating robotic surgery in urology. In addition, the hospital has a transplant center that has been working for over 40 years. Highly qualified surgeons transplant more than 40 kidneys, including those from living donors.  The university hospital also has a perinatal center where vital interventions can be carried out already in the prenatal period. The departments of the university hospital include all areas, whether it is ophthalmology, gynecology, cardiology, orthopedics and traumatology, endocrinology, pediatrics, urology, dermatology, or otolaryngology. The hospital is famous for its success in the field of endoprosthetics.  The endoprosthesis department has already been certified several times by the German Society for Orthopedics and Orthopedic Surgery, which confirms the high professionalism of the doctors.  The medical team also takes care of elderly patients in a specialized department of senior care. Every year, the university clinic proves the qualifications of doctors and nurses at all stages of diagnosis and treatment.