B.Braun Foundation celebrates its birthday

21.06.2016 10:31

The B. Braun Foundation has been committed to promoting young nursing and medical talent for 50 years. This was celebrated on June 15th in the Haydau Monastery. “If we strengthen young people and their leadership skills, we contribute to the further development of the healthcare system and pave the way for better healthcare,” explained the long-time chairman of the B. Braun Foundation, Professor Michael Ungethüm.

It is particularly important for the future to establish entrepreneurial activity in the healthcare sector. “Thinking like an entrepreneur will benefit healthcare as a whole,” said Ungethüm.

To this day, a key focus of the B. Braun Foundation is on interprofessional exchange. According to its own information, the foundation maintains a network of more than 350 alumni and participants that goes back to its founding years.

The foundation's work focuses on supporting research as well as the further education and training of nurses in hospitals and retirement homes, hospital managers, doctors and pharmacists. In 2015, the B. Braun Foundation supported 57 projects. These included 21 research projects, eight scholarships and 28 events. The foundation states that its funding for medical and nursing research is now at 400,000 euros.