The Jews of Kraków and its Surrounding Towns

The Jewish Hospital in Kraków - Doctors and Statistics

The Jewish Hopsital in Ulica Skawinska. (built in 1866)

 

The following data comes from the booklet Sprawozdanie Szpitala Gminy Zydowskiej w Krakowie (Report of the Jewish Community Hospital in Kraków) printed in Kraków in 1936. It contains the hospital's annual report for 1935 and contains the names of doctors employed by the hospital.

 

Jewish Community Hospital Physicians
Department Position Name
Jewish Community
Dept. of Health 		President Dr. Rafal LANDAU
Hospital Director (died 10 May 1935) Dr. Eliasz STAHR
Hospital Director (appointed 1935) Dr. Jan LANDAU
Internal Medicine Joint head Dr. Maksymiljan
BLASSBERG
Internal Medicine Joint head Dr. Leon
GOLDGART
Internal Medicine Physician Dr. Marja LEINKRAM
(née GOLDBERGER)
Internal Medicine Physician Dr. NEUWELT
Surgery Head Dr. Jozef
NUSSENFELD
Surgery Deputy Dr. Ignacy
SCHENKER
Pediatrics Head Dr. Jan LANDAU
Gynaecology &
Obstetrics		 Head Dr. Jan LACHS
Ear Nose &
Throat Diseases (I)		 Head Dr. Adolf
SCHWARTZBART
Ear Nose &
Throat Diseases (II)		 Head Dr. Jozef SPIRA
Ophthalmology Head Dr. Arnold BANNET
Orthopedics Head Dr. Maurycy EPSTEIN
Dermatology Head Dr. Henryk LEUCHTER
Dentistry Head Dr. Dora WASSERBERG
Urology Head Dr. Leopold LINDENFELD
Radiology Head Dr. Gabryel GOTTLIEB
Bacteriology &
Biochemistry		 Head Dr. Wanda LACHS
(née BLUHBAUM)
Other doctors
working at
the hospital		   Dr. LINDENFELD,
Dr. ABEND,
Dr. MIROWSKI,
Dr. GOLDSCHMIED,
Dr. Stephania
(née) HOCHMAN,
Dr. KUPCZYK,
Dr. BLUMENBERG,
Dr. BIRN,
Dr. MAHLER,
Dr. DAMASZEK,
Dr. BERNSTEIN,
Dr. Feliks GRUNBAUM,
Dr. Dora (née) LAZER,
Dr. M. OSTERWEIL,
Dr. Marja SCHONBERG,
Dr. Leon STEINBERG.

 

A few Statistics
Year Number of
Admissions		 Days
Hospitalized
1925 1,040 21,920
1926 1,759 31,914
1927 2,249 39,151
1928 2,414 39,571
1929 2,341 39,864
1930 2,497 37,149
1931/2 2,931 47,551
1932 2,414 33,422
1933 2,256 36,159
1934 2,562 39,582
1935 2,509 37,377

 

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