It is particularly renowned for its treatment of gastric and bowel cancer.

[1] The city council donated land in the St. Pauli suburb, and building costs were entirely funded by Salomon Heine, a local Jewish banker.

[2] He made two stipulations regarding his 80,000 Mark donation: The hospital was to be named for his late wife Betty, who died in 1837; and a Personal lectern should be designated for him in the in-house synagogue.

[3] A poem by Heinrich Heine, the nephew of Salomon Heine, was dedicated to the Hospital following Salomon Heine's death, whose first verse is: Ein Hospital für arme, kranke Juden, Für Menschenkinder, welche dreifach elend, Behaftet mit den bösen drei Gebresten, Mit Armut, Körperschmerz und Judentume!

A hospital for Jews who’re sick and needy, For those unhappy threefold sons of sorrow, Afflicted by the three most dire misfortunes Of poverty, disease, and Judaism.