Thanks to the City of Vienna and the Vienna Health Fund for the financing security
The Viennese religious hospitals are an indispensable part of health care in Vienna. With 25 percent of Vienna’s hospital beds, we were able to treat 30 percent of inpatients in 2023. A total of 440,000 people (inpatients and outpatients) visited our hospitals
Prim. Dr. Manfred Greher, MBA, spokesman for the Vienna Order Hospitals (medical director of the Sacred Heart Hospital)
Vienna (OTS) – “The Viennese religious hospitals are an indispensable part of health care in Vienna. With 25 percent of Vienna’s hospital beds, we were able to treat 30 percent of inpatients in 2023. A total of 440,000 people (inpatients and outpatients) visited our hospitals
“, explained Prim. Dr. Manfred Greher, MBA, spokesman for the Vienna Order Hospitals (medical director of the Herz-Jesu Hospital) on the occasion of this year’s presentation of the performance balance of the seven hospitals. “Our 5,300 employees ensure excellence in many medical disciplines and provide support health literacy in Vienna in many cases. In addition, it is crucial for us to be a part of future care as trainers for health professions – doctors, nurses and many others. Diversity, inclusion and openness are part of everyday hospital life,” said Greher, underlining the appreciation of the Viennese religious hospitals for their staff. “We would like to thank the City of Vienna and the Vienna Health Fund for their long-term partnership in the sense of a care partnership for the Viennese population ensure our financing security.”
In his summary, Greher pointed out the great importance of the Viennese religious hospitals for acute care, for example in the area of the rescue contingent, as well as for so-called elective procedures. In total, the Vienna religious hospitals were able to carry out almost 57,000 operations in 2023 – inpatient, day hospital and outpatient.
Construction projects were also pushed forward in all of Vienna’s religious hospitals in 2023. Greher: “The same applies here: The City of Vienna and the Vienna Health Fund, together with the management of the Viennese religious hospitals, ensure that we can offer our state-of-the-art medical services in a modern, pleasant and homely atmosphere.”
As an example, Greher referred to the completion of the central emergency room (ZNA) in the Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy, the general renovation of the Landstrasse location in the Franziskus Hospital, the new inner courtyard extension in the Herz-Jesu Hospital, the completion of an underground car park and a patient therapy garden in the Orthopedic Hospital Speising, the completion of the master plan project in the St. Josef Hospital and the expansion and conversion of the ward in the Göttlicher Heiland Hospital. Furthermore, an additional operating room is currently being built in the Göttlicher Heiland Hospital in order to be able to cover the higher demand for various surgical procedures in the future. Attention was paid to climate and environmental protection in all programs, and multiple certificates and awards in the area of sustainability underline the future security of the Viennese religious hospitals. An example of this is the green facade in the entrance area of the Sisters of Mercy Hospital in Vienna.
Social commitment characterizes the Viennese religious hospitals
Medical contact points for people without insurance, the Elisabeth Bread Vienna with warm food and clothing, birth offers for uninsured pregnant women and numerous fundraising campaigns “make it clear that charitable and social projects have always been part of the DNA of the Viennese religious hospitals,” stated the spokesman for the Vienna religious hospitals.
The seven Vienna religious hospitals
The seven non-profit Viennese religious hospitals include the Barmfühle Brüder Hospital (1020 Vienna), the Franziskus Spital (1030 and 1050 Vienna) and the hospitals of the Vinzenz Group in Vienna (Herz-Jesu Hospital (1030 Vienna), Merciful Sisters Hospital Vienna (1060 Vienna) , Orthopedic Hospital Speising (1130 Vienna), St. Josef Hospital (1130 Vienna), Göttlicher Heiland Hospital (1170 Vienna)). Together they have been a reliable, flexible and predictable partner for the City of Vienna for many years. What is characteristic of the houses is the combination of private sponsorship (religious orders or foundations) with a non-profit provision mandate.
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