Augsburg Hospital

University Hospital Augsburg
University Hospital Augsburg
	University Hospital Augsburg
Geography
Location	Augsburg, Germany
Coordinates	48°23′09″N 10°50′15″E / 48.38583°N 10.83750°E
Organisation
Care system	German public health insurance
Funding	Private
Type	Teaching
Affiliated university	Universität Augsburg
Services
Standards	all departments: ISO 9001 – KTQ certification.
Emergency department	Emergency department available (Zentrale Notaufnahme)
Beds	1,737
History
Former name(s)	Klinikum Augsburg
Opened	1982
Links
Website	www.uk-augsburg.de
Lists	Hospitals in Germany

University Hospital Augsburg (Universitätsklinikum Augsburg) is with about 1,750 beds one of the largest medical centers in Germany located in Augsburg. It is a teaching hospital of the Universität Augsburg and the only hospital of maximal care in Swabia (Bavaria). The hospital has two locations in Augsburg. The location in the Stenglinstraße (Kriegshaber) and the location in the Sauerbruchstraße (Haunstetten).^[1]

The University Hospital Augsburg comprises a total of 23 clinics and three institutes, as well as other medical treatment areas and centers. More than 6,000 employees, including around 900 doctors and around 2,500 nurses, work for the health of patients.

On January 1, 2019, the municipal enterprise Klinikum Augsburg became the University Hospital Augsburg in the sponsorship of the State of Bavaria. Since that moment, the hospital serves the education of students of the medical faculty of the University of Augsburg. Until then, it was an academic teaching hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich.

Gallery

Augsburg Clinic photographed from the northwest (Hammelberg in Neusäß). In the foreground Alt-Neusäß.
Augsburg Central Hospital from the eastern bank of the Bismarck Tower.
Main entrance to the Augsburg Hospital