
Facility profile
University hospital · Essen, Ruhr · public
1,127 beds in service — more than 98% 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.
Designations and bed counts under § 301 SGB V, taken verbatim from the official register.
| Departments | Beds |
|---|---|
| Neurology and NeurosurgeryNeurochirurgie · Neurologie | 152 |
| Cardiology and Cardiac SurgeryInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Kardiologie · Thoraxchirurgie | 126 |
| Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine (Paediatrics)Pädiatrie · Pädiatrie/Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und internistische Onkologie · Pädiatrie/Schwerpunkt Nephrologie · Pädiatrie/Schwerpunkt Kinderkardiologie | 108 |
| Medical Oncology and Systemic Cancer TherapyInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Hämatologie und internistische Onkologie | 84 |
| General SurgeryAllgemeine Chirurgie | 83 |
| Trauma Surgery and TraumatologyUnfallchirurgie | 75 |
| Sonstige Fachabteilung | 65 |
| GynaecologyFrauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe | 56 |
| Dermatology and AllergologyDermatologie | 47 |
| Radiation Oncology and RadiotherapyStrahlenheilkunde | 46 |
| Ophthalmology and Eye SurgeryAugenheilkunde | 45 |
| Gastroenterology and Visceral SurgeryInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Gastroenterologie | 45 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine (ENT)Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde | 43 |
| Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care MedicineIntensivmedizin · Intensivmedizin/Schwerpunkt Innere Medizin | 38 |
| Infectious Diseases and Infection MedicineInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Infektionskrankheiten | 35 |
| Urology and AndrologyUrologie | 27 |
| Nephrology, Hypertension and DialysisInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Nephrologie | 21 |
| Endocrinology and DiabetologyInnere Medizin/Schwerpunkt Endokrinologie | 13 |
| Angiology and Vascular SurgeryAngiologie | 10 |
| Nuclear MedicineNuklearmedizin | 8 |
| Total | 1,127 |