Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr

Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr is a large acute-care hospital in the statutory city of Steyr in Upper Austria. It is one of the two sites of the Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Kirchdorf Steyr, the other being in Kirchdorf an der Krems. The hospital is part of the Oberösterreichische Gesundheitsholding (OÖG), the state-owned holding company that operates public hospitals across Upper Austria. Until 2019 it was known as Krankenhaus Steyr. The hospital traces its origins to 1679, when the city of Steyr purchased the Plauzenhof in Aichet as a plague hospital. Over the following centuries it evolved into a general public hospital, moving to its current location on Sierninger Straße in 1916. Today it serves as a major referral center for the region, with around 810 beds across the Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum and more than 2,700 staff. Annually, the combined Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Kirchdorf Steyr treats approximately 37,300 inpatients and 188,000 outpatients. The Steyr site offers a broad range of medical specialties and is a university teaching hospital, allowing medical students to complete clinical training there. It also hosts schools for health and nursing care and the FH Gesundheitsberufe OÖ. The hospital is led by a collegial management team consisting of a medical director, a nursing director, and a commercial director. Its address is Sierninger Straße 170, 4400 Steyr, and it is easily accessible by public bus line 2b and by car via the B 122. As a public hospital, Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr is not a commercial brand in the traditional sense but a healthcare provider brand under the OÖG umbrella. It is state-owned and operates on a non-profit basis, funded through a mix of public subsidies and insurance payments. The hospital is an important employer in the region and a key part of Upper Austria's healthcare infrastructure.

The hospital's history begins in 1679, when the city of Steyr purchased the Plauzenhof in Aichet as a plague hospital (Pestlazarett). After the plague pandemic, the Plauzenhof served as a hospital and infirmary. Conditions were difficult, and due to high mortality, the hospital was popularly known as "Platzenhof" (from "Platzen" meaning "to cry" or "to wail"). In 1849, it was expanded to a hospital with 39 beds, and care was entrusted to the Sisters of Mercy of the Order of St. Vincent de Paul (Vienna-Gumpendorf). In the following years, there were repeated disputes between the city of Steyr and the nuns, culminating in the nuns terminating their contract in spring 1869 over the discussion of the placement and financing of syphilis patients. After an agreement, the nuns withdrew their termination in December 1869 and remained at the hospital for about another 100 years. As the population grew and the hospital's use increased, the municipal council decided in 1892 to apply for public status for the city hospital. This was granted on 3 February 1894 after approval by the state parliament and the Imperial and Royal Ministry of the Interior. A report from 1885 describes the hospital's operations: 593 patients were cared for with 16,783 nursing days, an average stay of 28 days, and 64 patients died. Around 1900, there was already a pronounced shortage of space in the old St. Anna Hospital. Originally only 46 beds were planned and approved, but by 1905 the average occupancy was 92 patients per day, with peak days seeing up to 120 inpatients. There was great discontent among the Steyr population. The chief physician and Billroth student Viktor Klotz, then medical director, initiated a new building with great commitment, which was also substantially co-financed by generous donations from private individuals such as brewer Johann Haratzmüller and Therese Praschak. In a public appeal in 1907, Prim. Dr. Viktor Klotz and Hedwig Werndl described the dire conditions: only one operating room for all procedures, gas lighting that produced toxic fumes, and a lack of an X-ray machine. Construction began in 1913, but the outbreak of war delayed work. On 18 September 1916, the hospital opened at its current location at Sierninger Straße 170; the old St. Anna Hospital was subsequently used as an infectious diseases department. The old and new institutions were operated together as a general public hospital. In the 1920s, the "general public hospital Steyr" faced financial and other problems (such as lack of space), like many other hospitals. The Sisters of Mercy and the city of Steyr were in constant discussion about financing, as documented in numerous writings. In 1929, the city of Steyr sold the hospital to the Province of Upper Austria for financial reasons (to reduce debts to the province and shift financing responsibility to the province). At the beginning of 1930, the hospital thus became a provincial institution. Over the following decades, the hospital expanded and modernized, eventually becoming a major referral center. In 2019, it was renamed Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr, reflecting its integration into the Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Kirchdorf Steyr and the Oberösterreichische Gesundheitsholding. Today, the hospital is a university teaching hospital and a key part of Upper Austria's healthcare system.

• 2019

  Renamed Pyhrn-Eisenwurzen Klinikum Steyr.

• 1930

  Hospital becomes a provincial institution at the beginning of the year.

• 1929

  City of Steyr sells hospital to the Province of Upper Austria.

• 1916

  New hospital opens at Sierninger Straße 170 on 18 September.

• 1913

  Construction of new hospital begins.

• 1894

  Public status granted for the city hospital on 3 February.

• 1869

  Sisters of Mercy terminate contract, then withdraw termination in December.

• 1849

  Expansion to a hospital with 39 beds; care entrusted to the Sisters of Mercy.

• 1679

  City of Steyr purchases Plauzenhof in Aichet as a plague hospital.

A major public hospital and regional healthcare provider in Upper Austria, offering high-quality medical care, teaching, and research.

Product categories. Inpatient care · Outpatient care · Emergency services · Surgical services · Maternity care · Diagnostic imaging · Intensive care · University teaching hospital

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