The Vienna General Hospital, known in German as the Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien and commonly abbreviated AKH, is the principal general hospital in Vienna, Austria, and functions as the university hospital and teaching and research centre of the Medical University of Vienna. Described as Europe's fifth largest hospital by both staff and bed capacity, it maintains around one thousand seven hundred and forty two beds and employs roughly nine thousand people, including about one thousand six hundred physicians, treating close to ninety five thousand inpatients and about half a million outpatients a year across three hundred and eighty four clinics. Its origins trace to 1686 in the aftermath of the Siege of Vienna, with the modern central hospital building opening in 1994, and it connects to the city's public transit network through its own U-Bahn station.
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1. Wikipedia: Vienna General Hospital
Wikimedia FoundationHistory, Old AKH section
On August 16, 1784, the opening took place.
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The Vienna General Hospital (German: Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien; AKH) is the general hospital in Vienna, Austria.
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The Vienna General Hospital (German: Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien; AKH) is the general hospital in Vienna, Austria.
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What is the Vienna General Hospital, and what is its German name?
It is Vienna's principal general hospital, called the AKH in German, and the university hospital of the Medical University of Vienna.
It is known in German as the Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien and commonly abbreviated AKH. It is the principal general hospital in Vienna, Austria, and functions as the university hospital and teaching and research centre of the Medical University of Vienna.
How large is the Vienna General Hospital?
It is described as Europe's fifth largest hospital, with about 1,742 beds and roughly 9,000 staff.
It is described as Europe's fifth largest hospital by both staff and bed capacity, with around one thousand seven hundred and forty two beds and roughly nine thousand employees, including about one thousand six hundred physicians. It treats close to ninety five thousand inpatients and about half a million outpatients a year across three hundred and eighty four clinics.
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