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Homepage Contents The City Education & Science > Health Services
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»Health Cologne«
This initiative of more than 40 institutions from politics, the health industry and science is dedicated to promoting the region's medical industry and Cologne as a »healthy city«. The »Health Region Cologne Bonn« has, with its numerous specialised public as well as private clinics, become one of the most internationally popular centres of the health industry. Great importance is placed on top level research at universities and research institutes here. Statistics show that the health industry is the region´s single most important sector - around 90,000 people work in 11,000 companies in this business sector and the market volume is an annual 9 billion euros.
Yet the industry is facing far-reaching social challenges for which Health Cologne is actively searching for solutions. The most important of these is, undoubtedly, the demographic change an aging society that brings with it an increased need for care in old age.This is being researched by well known institutes such as the Max-Planck Institute for the Biology of Aging and Caesar - their findings will benefit pharmaceutical development and will be used in clinical healthcare in old age. This co-operation between business and science is also promoted in other fields. Cologne is, meanwhile, the most important pharmaceutical and biotechnological location in Europe with many innovative businesses located here. »Tumortec«, for example, develops new procedures for cancer diagnosis and treatment and has already won the Cologne Innovation Prize 2006. Besides this, institutions such as the BioCampus Cologne promote the establishment of new companies. |
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Health Services If you are concerned for your wellbeing you can rest assured that you are in very good hands in Cologne and Bonn. The region has a total of around 5,000 doctors and 60 hospitals with 17,000 beds and one doctor for 600 patients and one hospital bed for 180 inhabitants – well above the average. The wide range of medical institutions includes the heart centre at Cologne University Clinic, the Alexandriner Hospital which specialises in psychological illnesses and the Dr. Becker Klinikgesellschaft which offers a wide range of rehabilitation services.In a whole range of specialised clinics, experts with a worldwide reputation concern themselves with diseases, little aches and pains and matters of beauty. Modern ophthalmology, for instance, liberates you from glasses and contact lenses by means of state-of-the-art laser and surgery technology. Moreover, Cologne’s specialised clinics are proficient in many other areas of expertise. Neurosurgery, vascular surgery, diabetes, gynaecology and dentistry are only a small selection. Those concerned for beauty can undergo an anti-ageing therapy. And, of course, Cologne and Bonn can also come up with experts in plastic surgery. The ocumax eye laser centre – a part of the PAN-Klinik at the Neumarkt, an ultramodern centre of clinics with six operating rooms and 32 beds – offers individual treatment strategies for a life without glasses and contact lenses. Alongside ophthalmology, specialists in general and specialised surgery, orthopaedics, gynaecology, urology, reproductive medicine and many other subjects are to be found here. Twenty medical experts from nine specialised areas have joined forces to form the Klinik am Ring. This approach renders possible a particularly efficient and interdisciplinary treatment of patients, as medical advice can be sought without delay from the specialist of the neighbouring medical practise. The clinic, located in the city centre, also offers the best possible environment for in-patient treatment. Here, you can enjoy the modern conveniences of a hotel. |
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