The Vienna General Hospital (German: Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien) (AKH) is the University medical center of the city of Vienna, Austria. The AKH is a large hospital in Austria and Europe, and next to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa with 85-m (279-ft) height one of the tallest hospital buildings in the world. It is also the site of the Medical University of Vienna.
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