Editing Odense (section)

==Healthcare==
[[File:Denmark-Odense University Hospital-patient hotel.jpg|thumb |250px | [[Odense University Hospital]]]]
The [[Odense University Hospital]] (OUH), established in 1912,<ref name=histouh>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouh.dk/wm377341|title=Odense Universitetshospitals historie – kort fortalt|publisher=OUH|access-date=2 July 2014|language=da|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214115/http://www.ouh.dk/wm377341|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> is of major regional importance, not only for healthcare, but for conducting research in collaboration with the Institute of Clinical Research of the University of Southern Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouh.dk/wm386081|title=Research|publisher=Odense University Hospital|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185054/http://www.ouh.dk/wm386081|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> OUH is the largest hospital unit in Denmark and the largest employer in Odense, and as of 2006 it had 1200 beds and a staff of 7700 people, of which 1300 people were doctors. Today there are about 10,000 employees covering all fields of medicine.<ref name=histouh/> The hospital tower block is {{convert|57|m}} high, has 15 floors and is Odense's tallest building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-odense-denmark|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714234940/http://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings-odense-denmark|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 July 2014|title=Odense's tallest buildings – Top 20|publisher=Emporis|access-date=2 July 2014}}</ref>  It is the principal hospital for the northern part of Funen but also takes patients from all over Denmark, as it has highly specialized units within hand replantation surgery and special neuro-radiological intervention.

The Hans Christian Andersen Children's Hospital, part of the OUH, is the only paediatric department on the island of Funen, and also conducts research into nutrition and gastrointestinal diseases, asthma and allergies, hormonal diseases and others. As of 2013, the children's hospital had consisted of seven wards and had 377 employees, with about 10,000 admissions and 25,000 annual outpatient visits annually.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouh.dk/wm409703|title=Hans Christian Andersen Children´s Hospital|publisher=Odense University Hospital|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190859/http://www.ouh.dk/wm409703|url-status=dead}}</ref> A new DKK 6.3 billion hospital is under construction in closer proximity to the University of Southern Denmark, scheduled to be completed in 2018. The hospital will have a floor area of {{convert|212000|m2}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ouh.dk/wm386072|title=The New OUH|publisher=Odense University Hospital|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144731/http://www.ouh.dk/wm386072|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Odense is home to several other private hospitals, including Privathospitalet H. C. Andersen Klinikken,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hca-klinikken.dk/|title=Velkommen til Privathospitalet H. C. Andersen Klinikken|publisher=Hca-klinikken.dk|access-date=1 July 2014|language=da}}</ref> Privathospitalet Hunderup,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.privathospitalethunderup.dk/|title= Privathospitalet Hunderup|publisher=Privathospitalethunderup.dk|access-date=1 July 2014|language=da}}</ref> and Privathospitalet Mariahjemmet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mariahjemmet.dk/|title=Velkommen til Stiftelsen Mariahjemmets hjemmeside|publisher=Mariahjemmet.dk|access-date=1 July 2014|language=da|archive-date=17 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517203201/http://mariahjemmet.dk/|url-status=dead}}</ref>