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Wiener Privatklinik (WPK) is a private multi-specialty hospital in Vienna, Austria, in the university quarter next to the Vienna General Hospital, founded in 1871 and physician-led since 1995. It has over 300 doctors across more than 30 specialties, with oncology as its central focus: the Central European Cancer Center combines surgery, radiotherapy, immunotherapy and chemotherapy with interdisciplinary tumour boards and shared imaging.
It is also known for general and abdominal surgery, orthopaedics, urology and nerve surgery, is ISO 9001:2015 certified, and has been a Newsweek World's Best Hospital for six years running. About 45% of its 12,000 yearly patients come from over 20 countries.
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