Summary

• General ophthalmologic care serving the east district of Berlin
  (its catchment area is home to a population of 1.3 million people)
• Eye surgery on outpatient or inpatient basis
• Conservative treatment of severe eye diseases
• emergency services:
  ophthalmological first aid Monday - Friday 16.00 h - 07.00 h
• surgery hours in case of emergency:
  Weekend and legal holidays 10.00 h - 13.00 h
• Outpatient ophthalmologic clinic for patients
  regardless of their insurance status;
  privately insured patients are requested
  to make an appointment with the medical director
  by phone call
• Ophthalmologic care of Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (UKB),
  the Berlin casualty clinic
• Consultative performance for various Berlin hospitals
  without ophthalmologic departments, such as
  - Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin (Berlin casualty clinic)
  - Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain
• Residency of ophthalmologists (full training authorisation)
• Training of medical students
• Education of nurses
• Advanced education of emergency medical technicians
  of the Berlin fire-brigade on the subject ophthalmology
• Advanced training courses for settled ophthalmologists
  and those acting in hospitals