Free clinics Bremen

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The Free Clinics Bremen are the cooperation group of the non-profit Bremen clinics DIAKO Ev. Diakonie-Krankenhaus , St. Joseph-Stift Hospital , Roland-Klinik and Red Cross Hospital .

Performance data

With around 50,000 inpatients and 98,000 outpatients treated annually, the Free Clinics in Bremen fulfill an important care contract for Bremen and the region.

Number of beds, approx. 1,300
Employees, approx. 2,550
converted to full-time employees, approx. 2,000
Patients / number of cases, approx. 157,000
of which stationary, approx. 55,000

The performance data and medical focus of the individual houses:

Diako Ev. Diakonie Hospital

DIAKO Ev. Diakonie Hospital in Gröpelingen
Number of beds 401
Employee 869
converted into full-time employees 710 
Patients / number of cases 49,000
of which stationary 20,000

Medical focus:

  • Clinics / specialist departments:
    • Medical Clinic I: focus on gastroenterology
    • Medical Clinic II: Hematology and Internal Oncology
    • Surgical Clinic
    • Women's Clinic
    • Ear, nose and throat medicine (ENT) / facial plastic surgery
    • Clinic for Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery
    • Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
    • Clinic for Urology and Pediatric Urology
    • X-ray / CT / NMR department
  • as well as centers and institutions
    • Center for Visceral Medicine
    • Breast center
    • Intestinal center
    • Endoprosthetics center for maximum care
    • Hematological-oncological competence center
    • Competence center for surgical coloproctology / rectal surgery
    • dialysis
    • sleep-laboratory
    • Infertility consultation hour

→ See also on Bremer Diakonie

St. Joseph-Stift Hospital

Hospital St. Joseph-Stift in Schwachhausen
Number of beds 456
Employee 908
converted into full-time employees 709 
Patients / number of cases 69,763
of which stationary 21,999

Medical focus:

  • Women's clinic: certified breast center / pelvic floor center / gynecology / obstetrics / 24-hour pediatrician (*)
  • Eye clinic
  • Center for Geriatrics and Early Rehabilitation / Geriatric Day Clinic / Osteological Center (DVO)
  • Ear, nose and throat clinic / sleep laboratory
  • Clinic for general and visceral surgery / tumor surgery / minimally invasive surgery
  • Interdisciplinary abdominal center
  • Colon Cancer Center
  • Medical clinic: internal medicine / gastroenterology / diabetology / oncological day clinic
  • Clinic of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine / certified pain therapy
  • Clinic for Naturopathic Treatment, Acupuncture and General Internal Medicine
  • Institute for Radiological Diagnostics
  • Outpatient surgery center
  • Therapy center for physical therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy
  • physicum - Offers for body and mind at St. Joseph-Stift

(*) in cooperation with the Bremen-Mitte Clinic

see also St. Joseph-Stift (Bremen)

Roland Clinic

Roland Clinic on Werdersee
Number of beds 141
Employee 242
converted into full-time employees 193 
Patients / number of cases 25,000
of which stationary 5,800

Medical focus:

  • General orthopedics and endoprosthetics
  • Hand and reconstructive surgery
  • Foot surgery
  • Shoulder surgery / arthroscopic surgery and sports traumatology
  • Spinal surgery
  • Chronic back pain
  • Pediatric orthopedics
  • Anesthesia and pain therapy
  • Outpatient surgery center

see also Roland Clinic

Red Cross Hospital

Red Cross Hospital in the new town
Number of beds 302
including intensive care beds 20th
Employee 683
converted into full-time employees 493 
Patients / number of cases 35,000
of which inpatient / partial inpatient 11,142

  Medical focus:

  • Vascular center with vascular surgery / radiological vascular diagnostics
  • Rheumatism center with day clinic / outpatient clinic / rheumatoid surgery
  • Orthopedics / certified endoprosthetics center
  • Trauma surgery / trauma center
  • Pain Center - clinic for pain medicine with inpatient beds
  • High blood pressure, heart and kidney diseases / dialysis
  • Cardiology with a heart catheter laboratory and 24-hour on-call service
  • General and visceral surgery / treatment of tumors in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Clinic for Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
  • Outpatient surgery center
  • Physio K - train healthily

see also Red Cross Hospital Bremen

Health magazine

The magazine Gesundheit: Bremen presents the main focuses and offers of the Free Clinics Bremen. Gesundheit: Bremen appears twice a year. It is available free of charge in all four hospitals. The magazine is also available in medical practices, pharmacies and health insurance companies. Health: Bremen can be read online or downloaded as a PDF file.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weser-Kurier of July 22, 2015, p. 28f: Report on the new hospital building in 2015.