Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Berlin Charite hospital is the most famous university hospital in Europe, which is of great historical and practical importance to Berlin in particular and Brandenburg on the whole. Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm I who founded it in 1710 (for treatment of plague) had no idea that in 2010 the clinic will celebrate its 300th anniversary adding two universities. This merger promotes synthesis of professional skills of specialists of the two best German universities. The results of cooperation can be seen not only as an example of high quality service and medical care, but also in the results of research and experimentation held in Clinic because more than half of German scholars of the Nobel Prize in medicine are working for Charite.

Today the clinic continues to impress with numbers:

• More than 100 clinics and institutes;
• 17 centers in 4 different areas of the city;
• 3,500 beds for admission of inpatients;
• 13,000 employees;
• 4,000 researchers and physicians;
• 28,000 inpatients annually, 100,0000 outpatients
• 7,000 operations per month;
• 5,400 newborn babies per year;
• 7,000 students trained at the Medical Faculty Hospital;
• 1,2 billion euro as annual turnover.

Main divisions of the Hospital:

• Oncology: a comprehensive cancer treatment center, radiotherapy clinic, hematology, tumor immunology, pulmonology;
• Neurology: Hospital scientists are engaged in research of stroke, diagnosis of brain by means of imaging technique. 900 patients with problems of intracerebral hemorrhage to ischemic stroke or cerebral thrombosis are treated here annually;
• Surgery: weight problems (obesity), visceral and transplantation, musculoskeletal, maxillofacial, plastic, reconstructive.

The research work of Charite specialists means a lot to the development of modern medicine in a global sense. First class results in preclinical studies, clinical studies and research in the field of health care products and pharmaceuticals are achieved in laboratories. This once again confirms the positive indices of the universities merger - incredible medical technologies are developed here. For example, six months ago, a robot operator started to work. It is designed for minimal interference in the internal organs, which is under high risk of damage during traditional operations. Now it can provide a unique precision and control up to three instruments at the same time, which allows to perform the operation at a level never possible before.

In addition to traditional treatment and rehabilitation, special attention is paid to palliative care. This allows patients with chronic diseases and with minimal chance of full recovery to enjoy their life. Doctors are working to minimize pain during the remaining period. The Clinic by itself with its beautiful architecture, friendly staff and qualitative treatment contribute to successful recovery.