December 12, 2025

Contracts signed for Heidelberg-Mannheim hospital network

Contracts signed for Heidelberg-Mannheim hospital network

It’s now official: the alliance between the two university hospitals in Heidelberg and Mannheim can start as planned on January 1 and begin its work. Press release from the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts.

Full Text in German below.


Verträge zum Klinikverbund Heidelberg-Mannheim unterzeichnet

Nun ist es offiziell: Der Verbund zwischen den beiden Universitätsklinika Heidelberg und Mannheim kann zum 1. Januar wie geplant starten und seine Arbeit beginnen. Pressemitteilung des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg

Die Verträge sind gestern, 8. Dezember, in Stuttgart im Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst (MWK) unterschrieben worden. Zu den Unterzeichnerinnen und Unterzeichnern gehörten neben den Leitungen der beiden Klinika Wissenschaftsministerin Petra Olschowski, der Mannheimer Oberbürgermeister Christian Specht und die Rektorin der Universität Heidelberg, Professorin Frauke Melchior.

„Sehr gute Nachricht für das Land Baden-Württemberg“

Die Universitätsklinik Heidelberg übernimmt damit knapp 90 Prozent der Anteile der Universitätsklinik Mannheim. „Das ist eine sehr gute Nachricht für die beiden Klinika und für das Land Baden-Württemberg“, sagte Wissenschaftsministerin Olschowski. „Mit dem Klinikverbund stärken wir weiter die nationale und internationale Sichtbarkeit unserer Spitzenmedizin und verbessern darüber hinaus die Lehre, Forschung und Versorgung der Patientinnen und Patienten im Land.“

Am 12. Januar wird es noch eine feierliche Auftaktveranstaltung zum Klinikverbund in Mannheim und Heidelberg geben.

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