Career
He took over the practice of Karel Winckebach (one of the founders of cardiology). In the early years he made use of horse and carriage to serve his patients, but in November 1902 a car was used (made by Cudell from the nearby city of Aachen). With mining operations expanding in Heerlen, too many patients were being wounded for de Wever to treat alone.
These patients all had to be transported over poor roads to the Calvariënberg, a hospital in Maastricht.
De Wever felt a hospital was needed in Heerlen. There were already two hydrotherapy centers, called Mariabad and Saint Josephs Heilbronn.
Although Savelberg was at first reluctant, presumably because his congregation was founded under the condition that it would not far in the other congregations" works. In September 1904 Savelberg blessed the hospital, built in the garden of Mariabad, near the corner of Akerstraat and Putgraaf.
Presumably the hospital was named Maria Hilf Spital.
There were two wards (one for men and one for women) with ten beds each, two rooms per ward, one operating room, and a kitchen.