The first buildings of the Bergmannsheil were erected in 1888 in order to provide medical care for injured
miners. File:Bergmannsheil 1898.png|Exterior view ca. 1898 File:Bergmannsheil 1907.png|The Bergmannsheil ca. 1907 File:Bergmannsheil Krankensaal 1910.tif|Ward ca. 1910 Over the decades additional departments and clinics were added, before the Bergmannsheil became a university hospital of the Ruhr University in 1977. File:Bergmannsheil01.jpg|Main entry area as of 2005 File:Bergmannsheil Haus 8 2018.jpg|Building 8 File:Bergmannsheil Haus 8 Relief.jpg|Relief in the foyer of building 8 In 2007, the Bergmannsheil was privatized in form of a
GmbH. File:Bergmannsheil Haus 3.jpg|Building 3 of Bergmannsheil University Hospitals File:Bergmannsheil Haus 3 außen.jpg|Eastern view of Building 3 File:Bergmannsheil Haus 3 2. Stock.jpg|Building 3, gallery in the third floor File:Bergmannsheil Häuser 6 und 2.jpg|Buildings 6 and 2 File:Bergmannsehil Häuser 2, 6 und 10.jpg|Buildings 2, 6 and 10 File:Bergmannsheil Häuser 8, 9, 2 und 3.jpg|Buildings 8, 9, 2 and 3
Fire disaster on September 30, 2016 In the night from September 29 to September 30, 2016, a fire broke out in a room on the sixth floor of building 1. The fire spread quickly over the entire ward and two adjacent storeys and continued to burn for several hours. The roof was completely destroyed by the fire. At least two persons were killed, 16 more were injured, three of which severely. The hospital declared stage 3
MCI, and subsequently several hundred staff members joined up. They were supported by 565 members of fire brigade and police from the whole
Ruhr region, as well as
Technisches Hilfswerk and
emergency management forces of the state
North Rhine-Westphalia. 126 persons could be rescued from building 1 and taken care of within the hospital. Subsequently, several functional areas and six wards with a total of 204 beds had to be put out of operation. Even after several days the fire brigades had to extinguish remaining fire pockets. The fire resulted from arson committed by a patient, who was subsequently killed by the fire. File:Bergmannsheil-Brand 20160930.jpg|Burning building 1 on September 30, 2016 File:Bergmannsheil-Brand 20160930 2.jpg|firefighting operations on the night of the fire File:Bergmannsheil-Brand 20160930 3.jpg|firefighting operations File: Bergmannsheil Brandschaden Fassade.jpg|Damaged building 1 after the conflagration == Facts and figures ==