Pál Heim [SEP] place of death
Pál Heim
Pál Heim (Budapest, 30 November 1875 – Budapest, 23 October 1929; ) was a Hungarian pediatrician and university professor.
He gained his medical degree in 1897 from the University of Budapest. In 1901 he got a position at a hospital in Budapest, where he specialized in treating babies and children. He served as a doctor in the First World War, and in 1916 he became leader of a hospital for babies in Budapest. Since 1918 he also taught at the university, where he became rector
then shortly after it was renamed after Pál Heim, another famous child physician. By this time the Children's Hospital was operating with 555 beds. In 2005 the Children's Hospital was merged with Madarász utcai Gyermekkórház, another well known and respected Hungarian children's hospital.
Today Pál Heim Children's Hospital is one of Hungary's most prominent children's hospitals.