Odense University Hospital hospitals

Odense University Hospital is a centre of major importance within the Danish hospital and specialist services system, as are Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen and Aarhus University Hospital.

It is a highly specialised hospital whose functions cover all medical specialist areas, collated within a single framework.

There are approximately 7,000 employees at OUH, which makes the hospital one of the largest in northern Europe. OUH is by far the largest of the six hospitals in Region Syddanmark and stands at the leading edge of its health care services.

At OUH, people are trained to be part of the hospital service of the future. Research is undertaken with a view to forming new scientific knowledge. OUH strives to be the patient’s preferred unive rsity hospital.

The vision and values of the hospital represent a common standard and guiding principle.

With the hospital’s general development plan as a base, the entire organisation is geared to transforming words and values into concrete action.

Close daily interaction between patients, doctors, researchers, nursing staff and other specialist personnel makes for cohesion, teamwork and satisfaction for all – patients, relatives, research scientists and the economy of the community.