Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien (AKH) - Vienna, Austria - Hospitals on Waymarking.com

The history of the Vienna general hospital goes back more than three hundred years. It came about as the result of the reconstruction of the "Home for the poor and invalid", which was founded by Emperor Leopold I in 1693 and was located on the site between Alserstrasse, Spitalgasse and Garnisongasse. The building was rededicated as the "General hospital for the sick" by order of Emperor Joseph II, opening on 16 August 1784.

With time, the Joseph-era buildings of the general hospital became unwieldy, so in 1957, it was decided to establish a new large central hospital. The building of the new AKH was begun in the summer of 1964. In 1974, the building of the main house was begun. This consists of an outpatient clinic and OI area (approx. 50 OI halls) and two large, 22-floor high bed towers, which accommodate 2,199 beds.

The AKH is connected with its own subway station (U6 Michelbeuern/AKH) to the public transportation network. The Zentralbau with the bed towers was officially opened in 1994, but already partly used since 1991. The construction costs are carried together by the city of Vienna and the Austrian federation. (The cost explosion and an associated bribery affair with the building of the new AKH led to the AKH scandal, the largest Austrian building scandal.)

At present, about 9,000 people are employed at the AKH. Of these, approximately 1,600 physicians and 4,500 allied health and nursing workers attend to patients. Annually, nearly 95,000 people are treated as inpatients, and another half-million attend the hospital's 384 outpatient clinics. Over 11,000 students are registered at the Medical University of Vienna.

On the site of the old AKH are 16 humanities institutes and the medical institutes of the Campus of the University of Vienna.

Sources: the official site and Wikipedia