The Fachkrankenhaus Coswig (FKC) hospital is a clinic specializing in the treatment of
bronchial
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and
pulmonary
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diseases. In 2018, a total of approx. 8,000 patients were treated in the FKC hospital which has 171 beds.
Fachkrankenhaus Coswig
The property is located at Neucoswiger Straße 21 in the Saxon city of
Coswig. The entire historic building, which was built between 1890 and 1896, is officially listed as the historic landmark ''Heilstätte Lindenhof'', i.e. ''Sanitarium Linden Court''. Numerous individually listed structures and monuments are actually located on the premises, including the park which is a protected landscape garden.
History
The ''Lindenhof'', which was first officially mentioned in 1783, was purchased by the neurologist Friedrich Gustav Bräunlich (1800–1875) in 1845 who transformed the vineyard and estate into a psychiatric clinic. He had previously owned a sanitarium for the mentally ill called
Wackerbarths Ruh' in the neighboring municipality of
Niederlößnitz since 1835, which he closed after having moved to the new facility. On August 1, 1891, his ''Lindenhof'' was sold to a new owner, Reginald H. Pierson,
[Petra Hamann, Stadtarchiv: ]
Sanitätsrat Dr. med. Reginald H. Pierson
'' Stadtverwaltung Coswig, 21 September 2006, retrieved 13 February 2020. who created a park and built patients' villas in the Swiss chalet style, a utility building, and a social center by 1892. The facilities continued to serve as a psychiatric clinic for the "upper class." Due to economic constraints, it was not possible to operate the hospital any longer after the First World War. The entire hospital complex is a historic landmark which is why it is to be preserved in its entirety as a listed area.
In 1920, the hospital was transformed into a sanitarium for
patients with tuberculosis. A modern building complex was added as a
surgical clinic in 1931. Since 1996, the FKC has been an academic teaching hospital of the
University Hospital and Medical School Dresden. After additional new construction, the new inpatient building, the new
Intensive Care Unit
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as well as the renovated operating rooms were ready for use in 2003. In 2007, the modernization of the old hospital facilities, which also included the creation of a new unit for infectious diseases, was completed and the
Oncological Day Clinic was officially inaugurated with 6 beds. Over the next few years, diverse additional construction measures were carried out; this included the conversion of the
Radiology Department and the social center into doctor's offices. A new cafeteria was opened, for example, and one of the units was converted into a
Pneumological Intensive Care Unit (PINT). The
Palliative Care Unit was officially inaugurated in 2016, followed by the founding of the East German Lung Center (ODLZ) as well as the Competence Network for Pulmonary Diseases one year later.
Departments
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Allergology
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Anesthesiology
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Respiratory Medicine
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* Infectiology and
Tuberculosis
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Intensive Therapy
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Palliative Medicine
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* Internal Medicine
* Anesthesiology
* Family Medicine
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Pneumology
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Pneumological Oncology
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Radiology
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Thoracic Surgery
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* Interstitial Pulmonary Diseases
Centers
* Lung Cancer Center
* Thoracic Center
* Weaning Center (weaning from artificial respiration)
* Sleep Lab
Partners and Cooperations
Together with the , the Fachkrankenhaus Coswig hospital founded the East German Lung Center (ODLZ), which was officially acknowledged as a center of excellence by the Free State of Saxony in 2018.
In order to safeguard and guarantee excellent, patient and quality-oriented health care in the vicinity of residential areas, the Fachkrankenhaus Coswig founded the ''Competence Network for Pulmonary Diseases (KoLE e.V.)'' association.
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References
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Hospitals in Germany
Hospitals established in 1920
Medical and health organisations based in Saxony
Coswig, Saxony