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University Medical Center OWL

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An important pillar of medical studies is clinical training in hospitals. Bielefeld University does not run its own university hospital. Instead, it cooperates with selected specialist clinics of four hospitals in the region, which together form the "University Medical Center OWL":

Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethel
Doctors look at medical images.
© Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel

Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel (EvKB) works in partnership with Krankenhaus Mara, a specialist hospital for inclusive medicine and epileptology. Together, they are among the 10 largest and most important hospitals in North Rhine-Westphalia. Both are part of the University Hospital OWL of Bielefeld University and together run 30 specialised clinics and treat more than 180.000 patients a year. Special treatment focuses at the EvKB are neurosurgery with epilepsy surgery, neurology, psychiatry, trauma surgery with supraregional trauma centre/SAV, anaesthesiological and internal intensive care medicine, pneumology, paediatric surgery and paediatric and adolescent medicine with the perinatal centre (level I) as well as interdisciplinary therapy in the certified oncology centre (CC).

Professor Dr Tanja Sappok talks to a patient with an intellectual disability. The patient is sitting on a hospital bed.
© Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel

Krankenhaus Mara is a specialised hospital for inclusive medicine and epileptology. It belongs to the v. Bodelschwingh Foundation Bethel. The hospital works closely together with the second Bethel hospital in Bielefeld, the Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel (EvKB) - a maximum care centre. Both hospitals belong to the University Medical Center OWL of Bielefeld University. Krankenhaus Mara has a total of 177 beds and treats around 7,600 inpatients a year - of which around 2,500 are people with disabilities.

A doctor in white and a doctor in blue discuss an MRI scan. An MRI machine with a patient lying in it can be seen in the background. He is being cared for by two nurses.
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Under the motto "Our competence for your health", Klinikum Bielefeld stands for patient-oriented and modern high-performance medicine. At the three locations Klinikum Bielefeld Mitte, Klinikum Bielefeld Rosenhöhe and Klinikum Halle/Westfalen, more than 3,000 qualified employees ensure patient care 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. Every year, more than 140,000 patients are treated in the 30 specialist clinics and institutes of the hospital. The hospital has a total of more than 1,200 beds. Klinikum Bielefeld is a medical health centre with the highest quality standards. The best medical and nursing care as well as patient satisfaction have top priority. The hospital sees itself as a partner for the health of the people in the region. State-of-the-art medicine and treatment on a human level are essential features of a stay at the hospital.

Professor Dr Beyhan Ataseven discusses an X-ray image with two female and one male doctor. They are all wearing green scrubs.
© Klinikum Lippe

Klinikum Lippe is one of the largest municipal hospitals in Germany and, with Campus Klinikum Lippe, part of the University Medical Center East Westphalia-Lippe. Medical research and innovative diagnostics, qualified teaching and optimal patient care are the focus of more than 30 specialist clinics, centres and institutes. With heart and high-tech, around 2,800 employees at the locations Detmold, Lemgo and Bad Salzuflen are committed to around 150,000 patients a year. As a company of Gesundheit Lippe GmbH, the hospital with 1,224 beds and a large number of outpatient clinics is responsible for the health care of the population in Lippe and beyond. Whether in the family clinic, the oncology centres or geriatric medicine: patients find a competent contact at Klinikum Lippe for almost every health issue and every age.

The staffing of the University Medical Center East Westphalia-Lippe is a multi-year process that began in summer 2019. The clinical professorships at the four hospitals will be filled successively.

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