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The '''Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin''' ('''Charité – Berlin University Medicine''') is one of Europe's [[List of hospitals by capacity|largest university hospitals]], affiliated with [[Humboldt University of Berlin|Humboldt University]] and [[Freie Universität Berlin|Free University Berlin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Geschichte |url=http://www.charite.de/en/charite/organization/history/ |access-date=2008-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210203314/http://www.charite.de/en/charite/organization/history/# |archive-date=2012-12-10 |url-status=dead}}</ref> With numerous Collaborative Research Centres of the [[German Research Foundation]] it is one of [[Germany]]'s most research-intensive medical institutions. From 2012 to 2023, it was ranked by ''[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]]'' as the best of over 1000 hospitals in Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pressemitteilung |url=https://www.charite.de/klinikum/themen_klinikum/focus_2023/ |website=www.charite.de |publisher=Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Niehaus |first=Jochen |date=13 February 2023 |title=Die FOCUS-Klinikliste: Die Charité ist Deutschlands bestes Krankenhaus – Gesundheits-News – FOCUS Online – Nachrichten |language=de |work=[[Focus (German magazine)|Focus]] |url=https://www.focus.de/gesundheit/arzt-klinik/focus-ranking-die-top-kliniken-deutschlands-das-machen-sie-besser-als-andere_id_185172705.html |access-date=232023-08-14}}</ref> In 2019 to 2022 ''[[Newsweek]]'' ranked the Charité as the 5th best hospital in the world, and the best in Europe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/best-hospitals-2019/top-specialized |title=The Best Hospitals in the World |date=2019-03-29 |website=[[Newsweek]] |language=en |access-date=2019-04-01}}</ref> More than half of all German Nobel Prize winners in Physiology or Medicine, including [[Emil von Behring]], [[Robert Koch]] and [[Paul Ehrlich]], have worked at the Charité.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.charite.de/en/ |title=Home |date=2011 |last=Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |work=Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin |access-date=2017-09-12 |language=en}}</ref> Several politicians and diplomats have been treated at the Charité, including [[German Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]], who underwent meniscus treatment at the Orthopaedic Department, [[Yulia Tymoshenko]] from [[Ukraine]], and more recently Russian opposition leader [[Alexei Navalny]], who received treatment at the hospital due to his [[Poisoning of Alexei Navalny|poisoning in August 2020]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/bundeskanzlerin-merkel-musste-sich-am-meniskus-operieren-lassen-a-754467.html |title=Bundeskanzlerin: Merkel musste sich am Meniskus operieren lassen |date=2011-04-01 |work=Spiegel Online |access-date=2019-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://www.charite.de/service/pressemitteilung/artikel/detail/charite_aerzte_behandeln_julia_timoschenko/ |title=Charité-Ärzte behandeln Julia Timoschenko |date=8 March 2014 |publisher=Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin | language=de |access-date=2019-05-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Roth|first=Andrew|date=2020-08-24|title=Tests indicate Alexei Navalny was poisoned, says German clinic|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/24/alexei-navalny-was-probably-poisoned-says-germany|access-date=2020-08-25|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>