With 1,240 beds, the HELIOS Hospital Erfurt is the largest hospital in the region, and in charge of providing medical care to the inhabitants of Erfurt and beyond. The HELIOS Hospital Erfurt is a tertiary care hospital and academic training hospital of Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. In 23 medical departments the hospital offers almost the entire range of modern, medical services, and treats aproximately 45,000 patients a year.