Helios Klinikum Uelzen

Helios Klinikum Uelzen is an acute-care hospital in Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany, operated by the limited company of the same name under the Helios Kliniken group. It provides basic medical care primarily for the population of the Uelzen district. The hospital traces its origins to 1870, when it was founded as the St.-Viti-Krankenhaus and financed by the Protestant St.-Viti-Stiftung. In 1923 the foundation transferred the building and grounds to the town of Uelzen, creating a municipal hospital. In 1953 the Uelzen district became the new operator to secure more subsidies for expansion, and in 1960 the district council decided to build a new facility with more than 400 beds and a nurses' home. The first patients were admitted to the new building at its current site in early 1965. In 2015 Helios Kliniken took over the district hospital, which had previously belonged to the Rhön-Kliniken group. The hospital is an academic teaching hospital of Hannover Medical School. With 303 beds, it is a medium-sized hospital. As of 31 October 2024, around 13,400 inpatients and 33,600 outpatients are treated annually by approximately 90 doctors and 260 nursing staff. Its medical departments and centres, as of February 2025, include general and visceral surgery, anaesthesia and intensive care, obstetrics, vascular surgery, geriatrics, gynaecology, internal medicine (gastroenterology; cardiology, pulmonology and angiology), paediatrics and adolescent medicine, neurosurgery, neurology and early neurological rehabilitation, an emergency department, radiology and neuroradiology, and traumatology and orthopaedics. Certified medical centres include a Chest Pain Unit, a Darmzentrum (bowel centre), a Stroke Unit and a trauma centre.

The hospital was founded in 1870 under the name St.-Viti-Krankenhaus and was financed by the Protestant St.-Viti-Stiftung. In 1923 the foundation transferred the building and grounds to the town of Uelzen, and a municipal hospital came into being. To obtain more subsidies for extensions, the Uelzen district became the new operator of the hospital in 1953. In 1960 the district council decided to build a new facility with more than 400 beds and to erect a nurses' home. After completion of the new building at the current site, the first patients were admitted in early 1965. In 2015 Helios Kliniken took over the district hospital, which had previously belonged to the Rhön-Kliniken group. The hospital is an academic teaching hospital of Hannover Medical School. With 303 beds, Helios Klinikum Uelzen is among the medium-sized hospitals. As of 31 October 2024, around 13,400 inpatients and 33,600 outpatients are treated annually by approximately 90 doctors and 260 nursing staff. As of February 2025, the hospital comprises the following medical departments and medical centres: general and visceral surgery; anaesthesia, intensive and emergency medicine, and pain therapy; obstetrics; vascular surgery; geriatrics; gynaecology; internal medicine I – gastroenterology; internal medicine II – cardiology, pulmonology and angiology; paediatrics and adolescent medicine; neurosurgery; neurology and early neurological rehabilitation; emergency department; radiology and neuroradiology; traumatology and orthopaedics. Its medical centres include a Chest Pain Unit certified by the German Cardiac Society, a Darmzentrum certified by the German Cancer Society, a Stroke Unit certified by the German Stroke Society, and a trauma centre certified in the Northeast Lower Saxony trauma network.

• 2015

  Helios Kliniken took over the district hospital, which had previously belonged to the Rhön-Kliniken group.

• 1965

  First patients admitted to the new building at the current site in early 1965.

• 1960

  The district council decided to build a new facility with more than 400 beds and a nurses' home.

• 1953

  The Uelzen district became the new operator of the hospital to secure more subsidies for expansion.

• 1923

  The St.-Viti-Stiftung transferred the building and grounds to the town of Uelzen, creating a municipal hospital.

• 1870

  Founded as St.-Viti-Krankenhaus, financed by the Protestant St.-Viti-Stiftung.

Medium-sized acute-care hospital providing basic medical care for the Uelzen district, operating as part of the Helios Kliniken group and serving as an academic teaching hospital of Hannover Medical School.

• General and visceral surgery

• Anaesthesia, intensive and emergency medicine, pain therapy

• Obstetrics

• Vascular surgery

• Geriatrics

• Gynaecology

• Internal medicine I – gastroenterology

• Internal medicine II – cardiology, pulmonology, angiology

• Paediatrics and adolescent medicine

• Neurosurgery

• Neurology and early neurological rehabilitation

• Emergency department

• Radiology and neuroradiology

• Traumatology and orthopaedics

• Chest Pain Unit (certified by the German Cardiac Society)

• Darmzentrum (certified by the German Cancer Society)

• Stroke Unit (certified by the German Stroke Society)

• Trauma centre (certified in the Northeast Lower Saxony trauma network)

1. 1Helios Klinikum Uelzen – Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Helios Klinikum Uelzen – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org
3. 3Helios Klinikum Uelzen – official websitehelios-gesundheit.de