Academic education hospital of the University of Mainz.

The “Diakonie Krankenhaus kreuznacher diakonie“ is a high performance hospital, certified by KTQ- and pCC which are both state-approved quality control institutions.

It is an advanced care hospital (“Schwerpunktversorgungskrankenhaus”) in the state-approved hospital plan. Since 2008 it has also been officially acknowledged as an academic education hospital of the “Johannes-Gutenberg University” Mainz.

The character of the hospital is defined by the quality of medical and nursing care and by the human attention to the sick.

With 511 beds, eleven main specialist departments and three departments occupied by regional physicians (“Belegabteilungen”) in Bad Kreuznach and Kirn, the hospital offers a large variety of services.

The medical performance profile is determinated by the following fields:

• Surgery with abdominal surgery and trauma surgery
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery with reconstructive procedures, aesthetic surgery and (pediatric) burn surgery
• Internal medicine with Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Stroke unit II and Diabetology
• Gynecology/Obstetrics with intensive care for preterm babies and newborns (“Perinatalzentrum”) and Parent´s School
• Pediatrics with “Perinatalzentrum Level I”, Neonatology and pediatric burn surgery
• Sports medicinal examination centre (“Sportmedizinisches Untersuchungszentrum”)
• Orthopedic surgery with Rheumatism surgery, Spine surgery and Endoprosthetics
• Anesthesiology and Intensive-care medicine with pain management
• Diagnostical Radiology with Magnetic resonance imaging and Computed tomography
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Otolaryngology (ENT)
• Urology with Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, Brachytherapy, special laser surgery and pediatric urology
• Ambulant surgery

Eugenie Michels Hospiz

A residential hospice with twelve beds is connected to the “Diakonie Krankenhaus kreuznacher diakonie” as well as an educational centre for caring professions with 157 places.