Schöpf-Merei Hospital, Historical medical building in Belső-Ferencváros, Hungary

The Schöpf-Merei Hospital is a historical medical building in Belső-Ferencváros featuring three wings arranged around a spacious internal courtyard. The structure displays simplified arched windows that resulted from post-war reconstruction work.

Founded in 1884 through public donations as a 35-bed institution for incurable children on today's Bakáts Square, the hospital took its name from Ágost Schöpf-Merei, a pioneer of Hungarian paediatrics. Its two adjacent blocks were the former Erzsébet Homeopathic Hospital (Knézich utca 14, built 1905–1906 to plans by Emil Tőry) and the former Erdey Sanatorium (Bakáts tér 9, built 1905–1906 to plans by Géza Márkus). After the communist takeover the buildings were nationalised and merged in 1949, when an obstetrics department was also created. In 1954 the premature-infant hospital was organised, equipped to handle premature births and complications; it closed permanently in 2009.

The hospital is named after Ágost Schöpf-Merei, a pioneer of Hungarian paediatrics. From the late 1990s an incubator was placed at the entrance for newborns whose mothers did not wish to keep them; by February 2007 it had saved 23 infants. The building now stands empty.

The hospital closed permanently in 2009 and its buildings stand empty; there is no interior to visit, so the complex is seen from Bakáts Square and Knézich Street. The two former blocks are the one-time Erzsébet Homeopathic Hospital at Knézich u. 14 and the Erdey Sanatorium at Bakáts tér 9. The property remains owned by the Fővárosi Önkormányzat.

In the late 1990s the hospital placed an incubator at its entrance, the first such installation in Hungary, so that newborns abandoned by their mothers after birth could be left safely. By February 2007 the device had saved the lives of 23 infants.