Facility profile
Bundeswehrkrankenhaus
Armed forces hospital · Westerstede · public
In context
91 beds in service — more than 33% of German hospitals. The national median is 151 beds.
Comprehensive emergency care — the highest of the three levels. 185 of 2,758 sites reach it.
These comparisons appear on no hospital website. They exist only because the same details, in the same form, are available for all 2,758 sites.
Details
- OperatorBundesministeriumder Verteidigung, FüSK II 6
- Type of operatorpublic
- Type of facilityArmed forces hospital
- Emergency careComprehensive emergency care
- Special modulesnone
- Beds91
- Departments4
- Phone+49 4488 50-0
- EmailBwKrhsWesterstede@bundeswehr.org
Departments
Designations and bed counts under § 301 SGB V, taken verbatim from the official register.
| Departments | Beds |
|---|---|
| General SurgeryAllgemeine Chirurgie | 51 |
| Internal MedicineInnere Medizin | 23 |
| Neurology and NeurosurgeryNeurochirurgie | 14 |
| Orthopaedics: Shoulder, Hip and KneeOrthopädie | 3 |
| Total | 91 |
Publications
Scientific publications naming this institution in the author affiliation: 48 · since 2009
Specialist publications according to the author affiliation – no statement about treatment success or the quality of the institution. MedVici Health currently does not show cancer-related publications.
Most recent:
- Ex-vivo-Extremitätenperfusion: Verbesserung der Replantationschancen nach traumatischer Amputation?German Medical Science (German Research Foundation) · 2026
- Use of continuous passive motion in inpatient rehabilitation after shoulder replacement-a retrospective studyOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
- Orthoses in the Treatment of Non-Specific Back Pain - A Systematic ReviewZeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie · 2026 · Review
- Differential Therapeutic Options for Knee Extension ReconstructionZeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie · 2025 · Review
- Orthopaedic care in the BundeswehrOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
- Pectoralis major rupture-diagnosis, treatment, followup : Presentation of a pilot project with case studyOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025 · Review
- Endoprosthetics as an essential component of surgical training in Bundeswehr surgeryOrthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2025
- Orthosis in the Treatment of Osteoporosis-associated Fractures and Chronic Symptoms in the Spine - a Systematic ReviewZeitschrift fur Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie · 2025 · Review
- Musculoskeletal complaints following hospitalization for COVID-19 infectionHealth Policy and Technology · 2025
- Challenge of limb care after violence and war with a special focus on imaging proceduresUnfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2024
Attribution via the author affiliation of the publication. Data: PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine) and OpenAlex. The list does not rate the institution or its treatments.