Máxima Medisch Centrum

Máxima Medisch Centrum (English: Maxima Medical Centre) is a teaching hospital in the Netherlands, on two locations, in Veldhoven and Eindhoven.

It was founded in 2002 through the merger of the Sint-Josephziekenhuis in Veldhoven and the Diaconessenhuis in Eindhoven, and was named after Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.

Since 1929 the "Vereeniging voor Protestantsch-Christelijke Ziekenverpleging" (English: Association for Protestant-Christian Patient Care) had put in effort to get a Protestant hospital.

In 1933 an emergency hospital was opened in a villa at the Parklaan in Eindhoven, mainly by the efforts of Phillipes headnurse Johanna Kleinod, and with financial support of dr. Anton Philips, who wanted the best medical care for all his employees, no matter what their religious orientation.

The new hospital was named after the wife of the then Dutch crown prince, Maxima of the Netherlands, who married that same year.

[1] Máxima Medisch Centrum is a member of the "Vereniging Samenwerkende Topklinische Ziekenhuizen" (English: Association Cooperating Topclinical Hospitals), a cooperative association of the 20 largest Dutch teaching hospitals, who work together in areas of education and quality control, to guarantee the best level of healthcare.

Location Veldhoven