Odense University Hospital

Odense University Hospital
Region of Southern Denmark
Odense University Hospital's patient hotel, opened in 1997
Geography
Location	Odense, Southern Denmark, Denmark
Coordinates	55°23′07″N 10°22′10″E / 55.38528°N 10.36944°E / 55.38528; 10.36944
Organisation
Funding	Government hospital
Type	General
Affiliated university	University of Southern Denmark
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1038
History
Opened	1912
Links
Website	www.ouh.dk
Lists	Hospitals in Denmark

Odense University Hospital (OUH) is the largest^{[citation needed]} and most specialized hospital^{[citation needed][clarification needed]} in Southern Denmark.

OUH is both Odense's and Funen's largest single workplace (Odense Municipality employs significantly more, but they are spread over many addresses). It has a budget of 835 million Euro and has 11.000 employees.^[1]

OUH acts as a local and acute hospital in the northern part of Funen, but takes patients from all over Denmark, as it has highly specialized units within hand replantation surgery and special neuro-radiological intervention. In addition to reading Driver, OUH has an extensive research activity, and annually trains 2.500 people as part of either basic or continuing education.

The hospital tower block, constructed in 1960, is 57 metres (187 ft) high, has 15 floors and is Odense's tallest building.^{[citation needed]} Hospital Pharmacy Fyn is located at the university hospital. From the university hospital area there is a walkway to the Odense Sygehus Station operated by Svendborgbanen.

OUH has for several years had the organizational Middelfart Hospital under it, but since 2008 also the former hospitals under the organizational name Funen Hospital, which are the County of Funen's smaller hospitals, became part of OUH. This concerns Svendborg Hospital, Dagklinik Faaborg, Hospital Unit Nyborg, Hospital Unit Ringe and Hospital Unit Aero.