Donauklinik Neu-Ulm

Donauklinik Neu-Ulm is a general and standard-care hospital (Krankenhaus der Grund- und Regelversorgung) in the Bavarian town of Neu-Ulm, Germany. It traces its origins to the Städtisches Krankenhaus Neu-Ulm founded in 1887 and has carried the name Donauklinik Neu-Ulm since 1998. The hospital is located at Krankenhausstraße 11 in the Neu-Ulm city centre, directly on the Bavarian bank of the Danube, and describes itself as the only city hospital for the residents of both Neu-Ulm and neighbouring Ulm. In its current configuration, following the last expansion completed in 2014, the Donauklinik has around 170 beds across nine main medical departments and attending-physician (belegärztlich) departments, plus functional units and service facilities. In 2016 it treated roughly 11,193 inpatients and around 19,078 outpatients. Its medical departments include general, visceral and vascular surgery; gynaecology and obstetrics; internal medicine; orthopaedics, trauma and reconstructive surgery; anaesthesiology and intensive care; radiology; ear, nose and throat medicine; outpatient/day surgery; and plastic surgery. These are supported by laboratory, physical therapy and social services. Since 2005 the Donauklinik has been part of a hospital group together with the Stiftungsklinik Weißenhorn and the Illertalklinik Illertissen. The common sponsor is the Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn, a district communal foundation under public law supervised by the Landkreis Neu-Ulm. The group is led by foundation director Marc Engelhard and medical director Andreas Keller. The hospital is publicly owned and operates under the SUAVIA brand, presenting itself as providing high-quality, locally accessible healthcare for the Neu-Ulm district. Its website offers online appointment booking, patient information, visiting regulations and career information, and the clinic has been exploring the use of modern service robots in clinical operations.

The Donauklinik Neu-Ulm is the successor institution to the Städtisches Krankenhaus Neu-Ulm, which was founded in 1887. Initially the hospital had only 35 beds. Its capacity was expanded to 70 beds in 1934/1935, to 116 beds between 1955 and 1957, and to 226 beds in 1973. Also in 1973, sponsorship of the hospital passed from the city to the Landkreis Neu-Ulm. Since 1998 the hospital has carried its current name, Donauklinik Neu-Ulm. In 2000 the Hamburg-based Asklepios Kliniken GmbH took over the hospital, after it had previously been managed for three years by the Klinikgruppe Enzensberg under a management contract. Only five years later, on 1 January 2005, the clinic changed operators again when it was donated to the district communal Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn. Since then it has formed, together with the Stiftungsklinik Weißenhorn and the Illertalklinik Illertissen, the hospital group Kliniken der Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn. Since 2005 all three clinics of the Landkreis Neu-Ulm have been united in this hospital group. The common sponsor is the Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn, a district communal foundation under public law supervised by the Landkreis. The group is led by foundation director Marc Engelhard and medical director Andreas Keller. In 2014 the most recent expansion to date (as of 2016) was opened: the Bettenhaus Südwest, a round building with a four-storey connecting structure. In addition to 66 hospital beds in two- and three-bed rooms, the new building houses the clinic laboratory, the physical therapy functional department and the clinic administration. With the inauguration of the new bed house, the last of a total of four construction phases of the comprehensive renovation of the clinic building, which had been ongoing since 1988 and cost around 68 million euros, was completed. In its current state of expansion, the Donauklinik has a total of 170 beds in nine main medical departments and attending-physician departments, as well as further functional departments and service facilities. In 2016 the clinic treated around 11,193 inpatients and around 19,078 outpatients. The clinic building is located at Krankenhausstraße 11 in the Neu-Ulm city centre, directly on the Bavarian bank of the Danube. The Donauklinik therefore sees itself as the 'only city hospital for the people of Neu-Ulm and Ulm' (Landrat Erich Josef Geßner, 2014).

• 2014

  Opening of the Bettenhaus Südwest, the last of four construction phases of the comprehensive renovation begun in 1988.

• 2005

  On 1 January, the clinic is donated to the Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn and joins the hospital group with Stiftungsklinik Weißenhorn and Illertalklinik Illertissen.

• 2000

  Asklepios Kliniken GmbH takes over the hospital.

• 1998

  Hospital renamed Donauklinik Neu-Ulm.

• 1973

  Capacity expanded to 226 beds; sponsorship transferred from the city to the Landkreis Neu-Ulm.

• 1955

  Capacity expanded to 116 beds (1955–1957).

• 1934

  Capacity expanded to 70 beds (1934/1935).

• 1887

  Städtisches Krankenhaus Neu-Ulm founded with 35 beds.

A publicly owned, district-run general hospital providing high-quality, locally accessible healthcare for the Neu-Ulm district, operating under the SUAVIA brand within the Kreisspitalstiftung Weißenhorn hospital group.

• General, visceral and vascular surgery

• Gynaecology and obstetrics

• Internal medicine

• Orthopaedics, trauma and reconstructive surgery

• Anaesthesiology and intensive care

• Radiology

• Ear, nose and throat medicine (attending physician)

• Outpatient operations (day clinic)

• Plastic surgery (attending physician)

• Laboratory, physical therapy and social services

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