Odense University Hospital

Odense University Hospital's patient hotel, which opened in 1997.

Odense University Hospital (OUH) is the largest and most specialized hospital in Southern Denmark. In terms of beds it is also the largest hospital unit in the whole country.

OUH is both Odense's and Fyn's largest single site (Odense Municipality employs significantly more, but they are spread over many addresses). It has an operating budget of just under 3.5 billion. DKK (2006) and employs 7,700 staff, equivalent to 6,100 full time employees. Until 2007 was the hospital operated by Funen, but since structures, it has been driven by the Region of Southern Denmark.

OUH acts as a local and acute hospital in the northern part of Fyn, but takes patients from all over Denmark, as it has land features within hand surgery replantationer and special neuro-radiological intervention. In addition to reading Driver OUH an extensive research activity, and annually trained 2,500 people as part of either basic or continuing education.

Hospital tower block, listed in 1960, is 57 meters high, has 15 floors and Odense's tallest building. Hospital Pharmacy Fyn is located at the university hospital. From the university hospital area is a walkway to the Odense Sygehus Station operated by Svendborgbanen.

OUH has for several years had the organizational Middelfart Hospital under him, but since 2008 also the former hospitals in Funen Hospital, which named the County of Funen island's smaller hospitals, heard in OUH. It is about Svendborg Hospital, Dagklinik Faaborg, Hospital Unit Nyborg Hospital unit rings and Hospital Unit Aero.

Region South Denmark published in autumn 2007 plans to build a new large teaching hospital near Southern University in the south of Odense. The new hospital will cost around 4.5 billion. construction and is expected to be completed in 2015. .

Patient Statistics

• 485,833 outpatient visits per. year (2006)
• Approx. 75,000 hospitalized patients, which together spend about. 340,000 bed days per year. year (2006)
• Approx. 55,000 emergency room visits per. year
• 1.200 fixed beds. For comparison Righospitalet 1082.

External links

• Odense University Hospital's website

Coordinates: 55°23′07″N 10°22′10″E / 55.38528°N 10.36944°E / 55.38528; 10.36944