Hohenegg private clinic
The Hohenegg Private Clinic (formerly Hohenegg Psychiatric Clinic) is a psychiatric clinic in Meilen in Switzerland. The Hohenegg private clinic is run in the legal form of a stock corporation and is wholly owned by the non-profit Hohenegg Foundation. The clinic employs 180 people in 120 full-time positions and has 70 beds.
history
The reason for the founding of today's private clinic was the widespread psychiatric grievances 100 years ago. Even prominent representatives, such as Professor Eugen Bleuler vom Burghölzli , the state insane asylums or sanatoriums and nursing homes (today psychiatric clinics ) complained about the poor level of equipment in their clinics.
These circumstances moved the young Zurich doctor Theodor Zangger in 1902 to publish a brochure in which he - unsuccessfully - asked for donations for a private “asylum for the mentally ill”. In November 1903 he unexpectedly received 200,000 francs from the estate of a friend for his concern. He looked for like-minded friends and found them in Pastors Rudolf Bodmer-Hess, Dietrich Schindler-Stockar, Oberholzer-Gerber and John Syz-Schindler. On December 16, 1903, the initiative committee for the construction of an “asylum for the mentally ill” was constituted.
The “Anstalt Hohenegg” was opened on October 31, 1912 as the sixth private clinic in the canton of Zurich. In 1975 it was recognized as a subsidized hospital by the government council of the canton of Zurich and the association that emerged from the initiative committee was converted into a non-profit foundation that still runs the clinic today.
The development of the names of the clinic reflects the changes in psychiatry and the company:
- 1912–1918 Institute for the mentally and mentally ill
- 1919–1951 Mental Hospital Hohenegg
- 1952–1968 Hohenegg Sanatorium
- 1969–1998 Hohenegg Psychiatric Clinic
- 1999–2005 Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
- From 2006 Hohenegg private clinic
Chief Physicians / Medical Directors of Hohenegg:
- Conrad Escher 1912-1916
- Max Kesselring 1916–1941
- Hans Binder 1942
- Aloys von Orelli 1942–1959
- Klaus Ernst 1959–1968
- Siegfried Rotach 1968–1989
- Toni Brühlmann 1989–2013
- Since 2013 Stefan Büchi
In March 2004 the government council of the canton of Zurich instructed the cantonal health department to initiate the procedure for the discharge of the clinic from the psychiatry hospital list and the procedure for the withdrawal of the state contribution entitlement. The foundation fought against this decision at various legal levels, organized demonstrations in Meilen and Zurich, collected over 70,000 signatures (petitions) and various specialist organizations campaigned for the clinic's continued existence. The efforts were unsuccessful.
After losing the subsidy and being released from the cantonal hospital list, the Board of Trustees decided to continue the clinic in the only remaining option as a so-called contract hospital - exclusively for those with private and semi-private insurance. Since January 1, 2006, the Hohenegg Clinic has been operated as the "Hohenegg AG Private Clinic".
In 2013, 550 patients were treated as inpatients in the three competence centers for depression and anxiety, burnout and life crises and psychosomatics.
architecture
From the middle of the 19th century there was a rethink in psychiatry. Instead of large-scale systems in which the patients were cared for in a castle-like manner, systems were created with decentralized buildings that served the respective clinical picture or the assigned use.
The Winterthur architects Robert Rittmeyer and Walter Furrer built the first facility in Herisau between 1906 and 1908 that met the requirements of the new psychiatry. In 1909 they worked out the sketches for the construction of the Hohenegg. In December 1910 construction began on 5 houses (department for women) in the "pavilion style": boarding house, quiet house, restless house, kitchen building and doctors and administration house.
In the 1930s, the roofs were removed and the houses expanded with the first extensions. In the course of time, the buildings were repeatedly adapted to the latest needs. In 2007, a 3-stage conversion, renovation and expansion phase began. The Zurich architects Romero & Schaefle and Vogt Landschaftsarchitekten were entrusted with this task. In addition to the renovation and reconstruction of the historical buildings and the gardens, two new buildings were added to the complex: the “Terrazza” house for reception, administration and catering, and a building for fitness and physiotherapy. The 7-year construction phase was completed in November 2014.
location
The Hohenegg private clinic is located on the slope of the Pfannenstiel (Zurich) above Lake Zurich. The name "Hohenegg" is not a traditional field name, but a new creation. Right from the start, care was taken to make an appropriate turnaround in order to shield the patient houses from noise and traffic. From a therapeutic point of view, it was therefore important to design the gardens and the extensive walking paths. a. the "Zwätschgewäg" on the edge of the terrain towards the lake and the "Birewäg", as a continuation in the direction of Zurich. These trails are also part of the cantonal panorama trail from Zurich to Rapperswil.
Hohenegg Foundation
The Hohenegg Private Clinic belongs to the non-profit Hohenegg Foundation. The purpose of the foundation is the fulfillment of tasks in the health service for the benefit of mentally ill and / or disabled people, in particular the direct or indirect operation of a clinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatic medicine with outpatient, semi-inpatient and inpatient facilities. It promotes the training of doctors and staff as well as research. She also takes care of the preservation of the listed complex with the park and the walking paths.
literature
- Felix Ammann, Walter Denzler: The entrepreneurial challenge. Hohenegg private clinic - from utopia to reality. In: Hansruedi Fuhrer (Hrsg.): Anniversary publication 100 years Hohenegg Meilen . Galledia AG, Meilen 2012, pp. 44–49.
- Hansruedi Fuhrer: Anniversary publication 100 years Hohenegg Meilen . Board of Trustees of the Hohenegg Clinic. Galledia AG, Meilen 2012.
- Theodor Zangger: Hohenegg (miles) . Paul Hess printing house, Zurich 1929 ( online ).
- Theodor Zangger, Rudolf Bodmer-Hess, Dietrich Schindler-Stockar, Oberholzer-Gerber, John Syz-Schindler: First report. Initiative committee to build an "Asylum for the Mentally Ill". 1904 - 1905. H. Buren-Hardmeyer printing works, Zurich 1906.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 100 years of psychiatry history . Website Daniel Hell . Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^ Hohenegg (miles) . Brochure from 1929 on the special website 100 Years of Hohenegg. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ a b The Hohenegg Foundation ( Memento of the original dated December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Factsheet December 2015 on the website Privatklinik Hohenegg (PDF; 102 kB). Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ It's getting tight for the Hohenegg Clinic . Website Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ↑ Quality Report 2014 ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Website Privatklinik Hohenegg (PDF; 692.43 kB). Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^ Franz Romero, Markus Schaefle: The historical plant. A challenge and an obligation at the same time. In: Hansruedi Fuhrer (Hrsg.): Anniversary publication 100 years Hohenegg Meilen . Galledia AG, Meilen 2012, pp. 31–41.
