Allgemeines Krankenhaus Wien (AKH)

General Hospital Vienna

Prof. Dr. Christian Hengstenberg

Medical University of Vienna

Department of Internal Medicine II

Division of Cardiology

AKH 1784

AKH 1830

The 19th century

Wiener Medizinische Schule:

• Ignaz Semmelweis: observations to hygienical conditions at bothseparated birth clinics in 8. and 9. Hof

• Karl Landsteiner discovered the blood groups and received 1930 the Nobel price

• Julius Wagner-Jauregg developed the malaria fever therapy in progressive paralysis, late and at that time untreatable phase of syphilis (Nobel price1927)

• Neurobiologist Róbert Bárány (Nobel price 1914: inner ear, balance)

• Surgeon Theodor Billroth: founder of the modern abdominal surgery

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweishttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Landsteinerhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregghttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3bert_B%C3%A1r%C3%A1nyhttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Billroth

Theodor Billroth (1829-1894)

1871 first excision of the esophagus1873 first excision of larynx1881 resection of the stomach:

two forms (Billroth I and Billroth II)

Never believed in operations on the heart

AKH today

Main entrance

240.000 m2 ground area

AKH today7-JUN-1994

Total area 900.000 m2Research 24.500 m2

Personnell (n=10.000)

Nurses

Doctors

Admin

Technicians

Pharmacisits

In-Patients• 77 normal wards (1.387 beds)

• 17 intermediate care units (144 beds)

• 15 intensive care units (130 beds)

• 16 day care units (185 beds)

• 2 weekly wards (76 beds)

2016Admissions 114.030Mean length of stay 4.6 days

Out-patients

The power of AKH (2016)

5,5% 6,6% 6,5% 6,5%

The power of AKH (2016)

6,2% 4,1%

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