Agaplesion Ev. Bethel Bückeburg Hospital

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The Agaplesion Ev. Hospital Bethel Bückeburg non-profit GmbH was a general hospital with 166 beds in a non-profit organization in Bückeburg in the district of Schaumburg in Lower Saxony . In addition to the two district hospitals of the Schaumburg Clinic , the Bethel Hospital provided basic medical care in the district.

history

On the initiative of Louise Freifrau von Vincke, née von Hohnhorst (1833-1894) and with the support of Prince Georg Wilhelm who granted an interest-free loan, the hospital was founded on January 15, 1860 in what was then the Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe with around 20 beds. The hospital should be run by a private Christian foundation and should be in close contact with the Evangelical Lutheran regional church. The care was taken over by deaconesses of the mother house in Dresden. On March 6, 1864, the Bethel Hospital Foundation was established and the hospital building and land were transferred to the Foundation. Ernst Iffland took over the hospital management . In 1861 a total of 56 patients were treated with 1712 days of care. In 1881 the Henrietten Foundation in Hanover took over the care . In 1889 178 patients were treated with 7,937 nursing days and in the same year the first extension with an operating room and a kitchen followed. On November 8, 1930, a further expansion of the hospital was inaugurated, including a ward and a laboratory, and in 1935 over 1000 patients were treated for the first time. From 1970 to 1973 a nurses' home and an administration building were built, and an obstetrical department was built on the north-east side of the main building. In 1972 the sisters of the Friederikenstift in Hanover took over the care . In 1972 the household budget was around 6.4 million DM and the hospital employed 223 people, including 14 doctors. With the Hospital Financing Act (KHG) of 1972, the Bethel hospital was included in the hospital requirements plan as a group A standard care hospital. In 1985/86 the main building of the hospital was extensively renovated for around 14.97 million DM. In 1989 there were a total of 385 employees, including 31 doctors, 151 nurses and 76 student nurses. Around 7,000 patients were treated as inpatients. In 2006 the hospital was run according to the Lower Saxony hospital plan with 178 beds. In 2008 for the first time there were over 9,200 inpatient cases with 166 beds and around 380 people were employed. In addition, there was an optional service offering with 24 beds at Haus Reiche GmbH. In 2009, 8,766 patients were treated with 52,410 care days. In 2009 an agreement was made between the Bethel Hospital Foundation and proDiako to outsource the hospital operations and transform it into a joint Evangelische Krankenhaus Bethel gGmbh.

structure

After the merger of proDiako and Agaplesion in November 2012, the majority of the hospital belonged to Agaplesion via proDiako. The Bethel Hospital Foundation is a co-shareholder of Agaplesion based in Frankfurt am Main .

The Bethel hospital was included in the Lower Saxony hospital plan as a plan hospital .

The following subjects were offered:

There was a cooperation with the Institute for Anesthesia in Minden.

closure

The district of Schaumburg implemented a redesign of hospital care in the district. All three hospitals in the Schaumburger Land, in addition to the Bethel Hospital, these were the two district hospitals Rinteln and Stadthagen, which were combined in the Schaumburg Clinic , were merged in one hospital by 2017. A new building with 437 beds was built on the outskirts of Obernkirchen south of the village of Vehlen .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lower Saxony Hospital Plan 2012 ( Memento from October 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Women, Family, Health and Integration , pp. 7 and 13, PDF document, accessed on May 4, 2012
  2. ^ New hospital building in Schaumburger Land ( Memento from September 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 52 ° 15 '27.7 "  N , 9 ° 3' 8.5"  E