The University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (german: Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)) is the

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of the

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and the largest hospital in

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. The UKE has 1,738 beds and 121 day-care places and is listed to provide the capacity to dispatch emergency medical services.

History

The first parts of the hospital were built between 1884 and 1889. From 1913 until 1926, Fritz Schumacher built a general purpose building, today called ''Fritz-Schumacher-Haus'', among others for the pathological anatomy with a dissecting room. In 2008 the hospital participated in the

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, a Germany-wide annual event sponsored by the

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, that opens

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sites to the public—showing the ''Fritz-Schumacher-Haus'' and the operating theatre in a

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from World War II. In 2011, the hospital achieved Stage 7 of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Analytics Europe's Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model. This was awarded for achieving a paperless medical record environment coupled with significant computerised analysis of clinical data.

Location

New building, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

The hospital is located in

Eppendorf, Hamburg Eppendorf is one of thirteen quarters in the Hamburg-Nord borough of Hamburg, Germany, and lies north of the Außenalster. In 2020 the population was 24,806. History Eppendorf, first mentioned as ''Eppenthorp'' in 1140, is Hamburg's oldest v ...

, between Martinistraße and Geschwister-Scholl-Straße, and between the ground of SC Victoria in Hoheluft and the Krankenhaus Bethanien, a hospital which was built in 1893.

Board

The board consists of Burkhard Göke, Medical Director and acting CEO, Marya Verdel, Financial Director, Joachim Prölß, Director of patients and care management and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Blanche Schwappach-Pignataro.

Notes

References

* Hospitals in Hamburg 2012, Government Agency for Health and Consumer Protection of Hambur
website

External links

UKE website

International office of the UKE website

UKE at Healthcare Hamburg
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