Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen

Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen is a specialist hospital for psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychosomatics, child and adolescent psychiatry, and neurology, including forensic psychiatry under § 64 StGB for addicted offenders and facilities for the disabled under SGB XII. It is located in Hildburghausen, Thuringia, Germany, and serves as an academic teaching hospital of the University of Jena. The hospital is part of the Helios Kliniken GmbH group, a business unit of the healthcare conglomerate Fresenius. The institution has over 850 employees (as of 2022) and is one of the largest employers in the town of Hildburghausen. On average, it treats 6,500 inpatients and day patients annually, as well as 14,000 outpatients. It maintains five specialist departments: Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy; Neurology; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy; and Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. The hospital's history dates back to 1866, when the "Herzoglich-Sachsen-Meiningische Landesirren-, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt" opened with about 100 beds. Over the decades it expanded, and during the Nazi era it was involved in the T4 euthanasia program, with patients deported to killing centers. After World War II, it became the district psychiatric hospital (Bezirksnervenklinik) of the Suhl district, and in 1990 it was renamed "Landesfachkrankenhaus des Landes Thüringen". In 2002 it joined the Rhön-Klinikum AG group and was renamed "Fachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Hildburghausen". In 2014, a change of ownership brought it to the Helios Kliniken group, and on 20 June 2014 it received its current name, Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen. Since then, it has continued to expand its services, including the opening of a psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy department in 2018.

The history of Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen begins in 1866, when the "Herzoglich-Sachsen-Meiningische Landesirren-, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt" opened on the current site with approximately 100 beds. From that time until World War I, the institution steadily acquired and constructed clinic buildings in the immediate vicinity, expanding to over 800 beds. During the Nazi era and World War II, the institution was deeply implicated in the crimes of the regime. From 1936 to 1945, the director of the Landesheilanstalt Hildburghausen was the racial hygienist and SS leader Johannes Schottky. The institution housed about 1,500 patients, mostly schizophrenics, with some epileptics and so-called "feeble-minded" individuals. As hospitals were repurposed for war-important uses, partial evacuation began in 1940: 250 (or 220) beds were made available as a military hospital for English prisoners of war, and in 1944 another 200 beds. According to research by Michael Kühne, superintendent in Hildburghausen, between 1939 and 1944 up to 750 patients were transported away from the institution. Some were taken via detours, others directly to the Pirna-Sonnenstein killing center and murdered there as part of the T4 euthanasia program. On 6 February 1945, a five-hundredweight American bomb detonated in the clinic park, causing property damage. In the US air raid on Hildburghausen on 23 February 1945, the clinic was significantly affected: the west wing of the main building, the "Herrenvilla", the autopsy building, the bowling alley, and the "old economy" (agriculture) were totally destroyed; the intermediate wing of the main building and other buildings were damaged. After World War II until 1990, various clinics specialized and child and adolescent psychiatry was established. At that time, the clinic was the district psychiatric hospital (Bezirksnervenklinik) of the Suhl district. From 1990, the Bezirksnervenklinik was renamed "Landesfachkrankenhaus des Landes Thüringen". Between 1994 and 1996, a new building was constructed for the adult psychiatry department and associated functional areas. In 2002, the hospital was incorporated into the Rhön-Klinikum AG group and renamed "Fachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Hildburghausen". In 2004, the station for neurology, child and adolescent psychiatry, day clinic, and psychiatric institute outpatient clinic, as well as the station for adult psychiatry and radiology, were completed in the new main building. Between 2004 and 2012, day clinics with psychiatric institute outpatient clinics for adult psychiatry were opened in Hildburghausen, Suhl, Ilmenau, Sonneberg, and Meiningen (the latter also with an institute outpatient clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry and psychotherapy). Since 2006, the clinic for forensic psychiatry has existed in the specialist hospital. On 27 January 2011, it was certified as an recognized academic teaching hospital of the University of Jena, a title it still holds. In the same year, the stroke unit was certified as a "Regional Stroke Unit with 6 beds" according to the criteria of the German Stroke Society and the German Stroke Foundation. In 2014, a change of shareholders brought the hospital to the Helios Kliniken group. Since 20 June 2014, the specialist hospital has been called "Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen". In 2015, the neurology clinic was certified by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society as a "Multiple Sclerosis Focus Center". In January 2018, the clinic for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, including a day clinic, was opened. As of 2022, the hospital employs over 850 staff, making it one of the largest employers in Hildburghausen. It treats an annual average of 6,500 inpatients and day patients, and 14,000 outpatients. It maintains five specialist departments: Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy; Neurology; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy; and Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.

• 2018

  Opening of the clinic for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy including day clinic in January.

• 2015

  Neurology clinic certified as "Multiple Sclerosis Focus Center" by the German Multiple Sclerosis Society.

• 2014

  Change of shareholders to Helios Kliniken group; on 20 June renamed "Helios Fachkliniken Hildburghausen".

• 2011

  Certified as an academic teaching hospital of the University of Jena on 27 January; stroke unit certified as "Regional Stroke Unit with 6 beds".

• 2006

  Clinic for forensic psychiatry established.

• 2004

  Completion of stations for neurology, child and adolescent psychiatry, day clinic, psychiatric institute outpatient clinic, adult psychiatry, and radiology in the new main building.

• 2002

  Incorporated into Rhön-Klinikum AG group and renamed "Fachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Hildburghausen".

• 1994

  New building for adult psychiatry and associated functional areas constructed (until 1996).

• 1990

  Renamed "Landesfachkrankenhaus des Landes Thüringen".

• 1945

  On 6 February a bomb detonates in the clinic park; on 23 February the clinic is significantly damaged in a US air raid.

• 1944

  Another 200 beds are made available for military use.

• 1940

  Partial evacuation begins; 250 (or 220) beds are made available as a military hospital for English prisoners of war.

• 1936

  Johannes Schottky becomes director of the Landesheilanstalt Hildburghausen (until 1945).

• 1866

  Opening of the "Herzoglich-Sachsen-Meiningische Landesirren-, Heil- und Pflegeanstalt" with about 100 beds.

Specialist psychiatric and neurological hospital, academic teaching hospital of the University of Jena, part of the Helios Kliniken group.

• Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

  Inpatient and outpatient care for adult psychiatric patients.

• Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy

  Department opened in January 2018, including a day clinic.

• Neurology

  Includes a certified regional stroke unit with 6 beds and a multiple sclerosis focus center.

• Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy

  Specialized care for children and adolescents.

• Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

  Treatment for addicted offenders under § 64 StGB, established in 2006.

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