Meidling rehabilitation center

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Entrance to the Meidling Rehabilitation Center

The AUVA Rehabilitation Center Meidling in Köglergasse 2a in the 12th district of Meidling is adjacent to the Meidling Accident Hospital and, like it, is operated by the AUVA General Accident Insurance Fund .

history

The Meidling Rehabilitation Center was built between 1966 and 1968 according to plans by the architects Gustav Peichl and Rudolf Weber . The opening was made on May 6, 1968 by the Austrian President Franz Jonas .

task

The main task of the Rehabilitation Center Meidling is the rehabilitation of people who have suffered a traumatic brain injury ( SHT) in an accident at work . This rehabilitation center is the only one in Austria that is dedicated only to such patients.

Furnishing

  • EEG
  • EMG including therapy with botulinum toxin therapy
  • NLG
  • Stabilometry
  • Evoked potentials (all modalities including magnetic stimulation)
  • Physiotherapy including locomotion therapy (treadmill), reducing measures, manual therapy
  • Occupational therapy including occupational workshop ET (occupational therapy)
  • Speech therapy including dysphagia therapy
  • Neuropsychology including neuro-training

The facilities of the neighboring accident hospital are available for examinations with the computer tomograph, the magnetic resonance tomograph and the laboratory.

More than 300 patients are treated annually in the rehabilitation center with around 50 beds.

Awards

literature

  • The Meidling Rehabilitation Center. In: sheets of the Meidlinger district museum. Issue 9/10, Vienna 1970
  • Ludwig Varga: Military and medical facilities in Meidling - history of all barracks and hospitals in Vienna's 12th district , sheets of the Meidlinger Bezirksmuseum, Vienna 2016, issue 79.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 20, 2005 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gbl.tuwien.ac.at
  2. http://www.wien.gv.at/rk/historisch/1968/mai.html
  3. Medical care at the Vienna Meidling Accident Hospital ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ukhmeidling.at
  4. Annual report of AUVA ( Memento of the original from April 3, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.auva.at

Coordinates: 48 ° 10 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 42 ″  E