RAF Hospital Wegberg

The Royal Air Force Hospital Wegberg (RAF(H) Wegberg) is a hospital located in Wegberg, near the city of Mönchengladbach, in Germany.

It was opened in 1953, and in 1996, certain wings of the hospital burned down. The hospital doesn't cover as much medicality as it once did, with birth and pregnancy no longer treated. Today the only in patients unit is a small Mental Health Unit, all other patients within the British Forces Germany community requiring in patient hospital treatment are now treated in local German Hospitals.

The Headquarters of the British Forces Germany Health Services (BFGHS) is based in the Hospital. The BFGHS is a partnership arrangement between the Ministry of Defence (MoD); the Soldiers, Sailors, Airman and Families Association (SSAFA); and Guys and St Thomas's Hospital, London, to provide primary care services, community and outpatient services to the British Forces community throughout Germany.

The hospital's motto is "Inter Fera Salus", and its crest is a wild boar passant overlaid with a Staff of Asclepius.

The building's ground plan is very interesting - in case of damage certain areas of the building could still be used because of bypasses.

External links

* [http://www.army.mod.uk/bfghs/rhine_region.htm British Forces Germany Health Service]