University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen

About Hospital

• University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen was established in the year 1815 and is located in the south of Germany and is considered a medical valley due to a large number of departments and centres.
• Its one of the best specialized clinics in the country and ranks 15 out of 1170 medical facilities, according to the magazine Focus.
• The hospital collaborates with various partners from economical, scientific, and medical equipment enterprises, which helps them to acquire international leadership in healthcare and state-of-the-art medical technology.
• The hospital has over 1,300 beds and more than 8,000 physicians and nurses offering utmost medical care.
• The neurosurgical department has 78 beds, 14 of which are in the intensive care unit.
• Moreover, the neurosurgery department has 4 modern operating rooms with the latest neuronavigation, high-precision microscopes, and 1.5 Tesla MRI to control the course of the operation.
• The oncology department constantly updates equipment and recently installed a new spiral imaging CT scanner in the Franconian Breast Department and a CT scanner to ensure high-quality images with a lower dose of radiation.
• Since 2011, specialists at hospital have been operating not only allogeneic (stem cells from a suitable donor) and autologous (own stem cells) transplants, but also cord blood transfusions.