- Rechts der Isar Hospital
The Rechts der Isar Hospital is a hospital in the Haidhausen district of
Munich ,Germany . It was founded in1834 , with 36 beds, as the "Haidhauser Armen- und Krankenanstalt" (Haidhausen Institution for the Poor and Sick) in a former coffee house, and was later run by Catholic nuns.In Britain, the hospital is most well-known for being the place where the 23 people who survived the impact of the
Munich Air Disaster (6 February 1958 ) were treated. Five people involved in the crash of British European Airways Flight 609 were just given injections for shock, but the 18 others were hospitalised for at least a few days with significant injuries. Two of them, Manchester United playerDuncan Edwards and aeroplane co-pilotKen Rayment , died at the hospital as a result of their injuries. The other 16 injured people survived and most made a complete recovery from their injuries.The chief
surgeon who saved the lives of many of the injured, Dr Georg Maurer, was awarded a CBE for his efforts [John Ramsden, "Don't Mention the War", ISBN 978-0-349-11539-9] . He went on to have a very successful career at the hospital; in1967 he helped make the hospital part of the university and later became the medical director of the Faculty of Medicine there.Sources
"Parts of this article were translated from the German Wikipedia article of 4 February 2008."
External links
* [http://www.med.tu-muenchen.de/sprache/englisch/index.php Rechts der Isar Website in English]
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