Einsiedeln Hospital
The Einsiedeln Hospital is a health care provider in Einsiedeln in the Swiss canton of Schwyz with 85 beds (2018).
The hospital was opened as a pilgrimage hospital in 1353. The hospital is known for its baby flap ("baby window") introduced in 2001 , which was the first in Switzerland and in which twelve babies were deposited by 2016. The hospital is run by the Maria zum Finstern Wald Foundation.
history
In 1353 the first hospital was founded to "accommodate pilgrims". It was destroyed in a major fire in the village in 1577, but rebuilt a year later. In addition to its function as a pilgrim hospital , it was also a children's home, orphanage and poor house. From 1855 the hospital was run by the Sisters of Charity of the Holy Cross of Ingenbohl Monastery . A newly built poor, hospital and work house at this location was inaugurated in 1861. Two years later, the foundation company for a hospital was founded, which could be implemented from 1898. The first actual hospital was opened in 1904; the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross also took over the management. In 1953 the hospital was transferred to the Maria zum Finstern Wald Foundation.
In 1973 the hospital burned down again, the following year the district of Einsiedeln took over the hospital and appointed the board of trustees. A new building took place so that the current hospital could be opened in 1979. From 2005, the Maria zum Finstern Wald Hospital Foundation took over the sole responsibility again.
In 2012, 30 million Swiss francs were invested in expanding the hospital.
The construction work for the 2020 hospital project was completed in autumn 2018.
On March 28, 2019 it was announced that there would be no merger between the hospitals in Einsiedeln and Lachen.
On September 22, 2019, 70% of the population of the Einsiedeln district voted for the “purchase agreement with the Maria zum Finsteren Wald Foundation (hospital) for the acquisition of 5,611 m² of land at a price of 2,524,950 francs”.
Ameos will take over the hospital on May 1st, 2020 . The foundation remains as owner.
Others
In the basement of the hospital there is a memorial plaque with the following content: “This house is under the protection of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary in the Dark Forest. Erected in 1862 by a foundation of the Benziger family, lovingly cared for by the venerable sisters of the Holy Cross in Ingenbohl. 1953 transferred to the monastery as property. "
The Maria End chapel, which is located on Chatzenstrick , belonged to the hospital until 1953 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ About us. Your Einsiedeln Hospital. Retrieved February 6, 2020
- ↑ Politicians want confidential birth instead of a baby hatch. In: Tagesanzeiger. August 26, 2013. (tagesanzeiger.ch)
- ↑ Baby hatch in Einsiedeln. Newborn baby girl delivered. blick.ch, July 22, 2016; accessed on February 6, 2020
- ^ History of Einsiedeln Hospital; accessed on February 6, 2020
- ^ Goodbye to the "small" hospital in Einsiedeln. In: Einsiedleranzeiger. Jan. 21, 2014. ( einsiedleranzeiger.ch ( memento from February 24, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ))
- ↑ Einsiedeln Hospital in the media | Einsiedeln Hospital. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Hospital care - no merger of the regional hospitals in Lachen and Einsiedeln. March 28, 2019, accessed April 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Results | Einsiedeln district | Results of the Einsiedeln district, votes, elections, results of the canton and federal government Retrieved September 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Ameos Group takes over - Einsiedeln Hospital is now in Zurich hands. February 21, 2020, accessed February 22, 2020 .