The Friederikenstift hospital, founded in 1840, has the following specialist medical departments and facilities at its two sites in Hanover:

The site at Humboldtstraße 5:

• general, visceral and vascular surgery
• anaesthesiology and intensive care
• computerised tomography (CT)
• gynaecology and obstetrics
• catheter angiography and PTA
• magnetic resonance tomography (MRT)
• medical clinic (internal medicine with diabetes advisory service)
• ear, nose and throat
• neurosurgery
• neurology with stroke unit
• nuclear medicine
• palliative medicine
• physiotherapy
• radiology
• radiation therapy
• casualty surgery and plastic surgery with trauma centre
• urology with cystoscopy and ESWL (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy/stone pulveriser)
• incontinence centre
• stoma and parenteral alimentation centre
• pharmacy
• laboratory

The site at Marienstraße 37:

• plastic surgery and hand surgery
• casualty surgery and plastic surgery
• outpatient operations

In addition, the Ev. Diakoniewerk Friederikenstift has a special ward for patients seriously injured in accidents, in Bad Münder (Hachmühlen), under the auspices of a professional association.

The interdisciplinary spine centre of the diaconal hospitals was founded together with the Annastift e. V. and the Henriettenstiftung in Hanover.

Medical care

A high standard of medical care provided by the Friederikenstift is guaranteed by:

• the many departments, directed by medical specialists, which closely collaborate in an interdisciplinary manner
• focussing especially on casualty medicine
• its status as a university teaching hospital of the MHH (Hanover University Medical School)
• training and further training of doctors
• the most modern medical equipment

Nursing care

A high standard of nursing care provided by the Friederikenstift is guaranteed by:

• specialist and diaconal training in our own training facilities 
• regular further training and mentor programmes carried out internally
• our own further training facilities
• continuous further development and advancement in nursing based on Christian principles
• orientation to modern nursing concepts and the results of research in nursing methods
• training of OPTAs (operation technical assistants)
• training and application of kinaesthetics   

In addition to the hospital, the following facilities belong to the Friederikenstift:

• the Rehabilitation Centre for outpatient rehabilitation
• the Ambulant Nursing Service which provides nursing care at home
• the Palliative Unit and the Palliative Service which provide care and support to the most seriously ill patients and their relatives
• the Sisterhood which is a modern, evangelical community of more than 500 women
• the Uhlhorn Hospice  which has eight beds for patients who are in the last phase of life and who require intensive care and attention
• the Service Company (a limited company) which is our own subsidiary of the Friederikenstift
• the Circle of Friends is a supporting association promoting humanitarianism and closeness
• the Sisterhood Foundation promotes the sisterhood work of the “Friederikens“ and other sisterhoods, at home and abroad
• the "Babykörbchen" (a safe net for unwanted babies) is part of the Mirjam network which cares for families in need

You can reach us at: “Contact/Approach“