Knappschaftskrankenhaus Lütgendortmund
| Knappschaftskrankenhaus Lütgendortmund | |
|---|---|
| Sponsorship | Westphalia Clinic |
| place | Dortmund |
| state | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 30 '7 " N , 7 ° 19' 47" E |
| Site management | Matthias Wagner |
| beds | 291 |
| areas of expertise | 7th |
| founding | 1898 |
| Website | Website at the Westphalia Clinic |
The Knappschaftskrankenhaus Lütgendortmund is a hospital with 291 beds in the Lütgendortmund district of Dortmund . The carrier is the Westphalia Clinic , which also operates the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Dortmund , the Klinik am Park Lünen and the Hellmig Hospital in Kamen . All four hospitals are part of the Knappschaft Kliniken GmbH network .
history
The hospital was founded in 1898 as the Lütgendortmund Hospital . When it opened, it had 30 beds. In 1900 the Protestant community took over the sponsorship and changed the name to Evangelical Hospital Lütgendortmund .
After just a few years, the demand exceeded the building's capabilities. In May 1909 a first extension was completed. The house now had 75 to 80 beds. From today's perspective, the food supply was regulated. The hospital had its own stables and kept pigs and chickens. The second larger extension building was inaugurated on December 18, 1930. At the end of the Second World War, rooms were devastated and window panes destroyed. Even after renovation work in the 1950s, the problem remained massive subsidence of up to 5 meters with new building damage. From 1960, therefore, a new building was considered elsewhere. The new location was to be an urban area on Volksgartenstrasse.
The hospital board stuck to its plans, regardless of new delays, the competition from a 2,500-bed facility at the University Clinic in Bochum, and tight financial and subsidy funds. On October 14, 1970, the district government approved the planning of a new building with 298 beds as well as a central laundry for several hospitals and a heating system as a separate complex. On April 4, 1977, the new hospital was finally opened. “A beautiful and modern house is available for patients and employees,” said a delighted Werner Lange, then superintendent of the Dortmund-West church district, at the inauguration.
In the following years the Protestant hospital in Lütgendortmund was repeatedly asked to make adjustments. With the increasingly difficult situation in the health care system, the Protestant hospital Lütgendortmund was looking for partners. In 2012 the Evangelical Foundation Volmarstein took over the clinic. The hospital has been part of the Westphalia Clinic since 2015 and operates as the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Lütgendortmund.
Departments
The hospital has the following specialist clinics and departments:
- Geriatric medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry / psychotherapy
- Interdisciplinary pain medicine
Awards
The Knappschaftskrankenhaus Lütgendortmund was certified through the cooperation for transparency and quality in health care and was awarded the KTQ seal. The hospital was also recognized as a “self-help-friendly hospital” by the self-help friendliness and patient orientation in health care network . In cooperation with the Hellmig Hospital in Kamen, geriatric medicine is recognized as a geriatric traumatology center.
