Driving advances in patient care: Central Military Hospital opens the new premises of the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics and the newly refurbished Infectious Diseases Clinic
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In the presence of Defence Minister Martin Sklenár and other distinguished guests, Director of the Central Military Hospital and Teaching Hospital Ružomberok Assoc Prof Róbert Rusnák MD PhD has opened the new premises of the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics and the newly refurbished Infectious Diseases Clinic.
After 20 years, the hospital staff along with their equipment are moving from an old building on the former state hospital site to a modern bioptic diagnostics centre with much better conditions for the work of specialists, which is key to diagnosing diseases. On average, the Central Military Hospital analyses and evaluates up to 300 bioptic samples a day.
Speaking after the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics opening ceremony, Assoc Prof Róbert Rusnák MD PhD said: “The goal was to complete the refurbishment, while making the maximum possible use of the spaces. By moving the Institute to a newly refurbished building, we want to deliver better quality work in more beautiful, modern premises, which the Instituteʼs employees deserve. Simultaneously, this has allowed us to create a new laboratory for molecular genetics, which is one of the most advanced in Slovakia.”
He pointed to the pluses of new diagnostic procedures in molecular genetics, enabling precise and comprehensive diagnostics and treatment of some oncological diseases. Until recently, the Central Military Hospital carried out such diagnostic testing with the help of other medical facilities in Slovakia.
Adrian Kališ MD PhD, head doctor of the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics, said: “A core part of the Instituteʼs work is diagnostic specimen testing on the basis of the histomorphological analysis and evaluation of changes in an organ, tissue and cell taken from the body of a patient during a sampling intervention or surgery. Closely working with other medical departments, the Institute mainly determines the diagnosis, stage, treatment and prognosis of a disease. Previously, the Institute was operational in a small, unrenovated building on the other hospital site on Považská Street for a long time.”
As far as the refurbishment of the Infectious Diseases Clinic is concerned, the main goal of the building's fundamental redesign was to improve the quality of the Clinic's healthcare services, to enhance its anti-epidemiological measures and operations management, to increase comfort for patients and medical staff, and, last but not least, to boost the credibility of the Central Military Hospital, according to the hospital director.
Assoc Prof Róbert Rusnák MD PhD continued: “The key requirements on the facility were the accessibility to wheelchair users and the availability of separate bathrooms, including toilets and showers in patient rooms. The main outcome of the Infectious Diseases Clinicʼs refurbishment is an easily accessible, modern, in-patient infectious disease department in northern Slovakia with high standards of healthcare for the civilian population and the military.”
Praising the recent progress made by the Central Military Hospital, Defence Minister Martin Sklenár said: “Quality is the best business card. Therefore, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in the hospitalʼs successful development to the benefit of patients. They will “refund” it to the hospital by seeing to it that the hospital will earn a Best Hospitals ranking.”
In closing, Minister Sklenár said that the hospital continues to have the Slovak Defence Ministry's full support.
After 20 years, the hospital staff along with their equipment are moving from an old building on the former state hospital site to a modern bioptic diagnostics centre with much better conditions for the work of specialists, which is key to diagnosing diseases. On average, the Central Military Hospital analyses and evaluates up to 300 bioptic samples a day.
Speaking after the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics opening ceremony, Assoc Prof Róbert Rusnák MD PhD said: “The goal was to complete the refurbishment, while making the maximum possible use of the spaces. By moving the Institute to a newly refurbished building, we want to deliver better quality work in more beautiful, modern premises, which the Instituteʼs employees deserve. Simultaneously, this has allowed us to create a new laboratory for molecular genetics, which is one of the most advanced in Slovakia.”
He pointed to the pluses of new diagnostic procedures in molecular genetics, enabling precise and comprehensive diagnostics and treatment of some oncological diseases. Until recently, the Central Military Hospital carried out such diagnostic testing with the help of other medical facilities in Slovakia.
Adrian Kališ MD PhD, head doctor of the Institute of Bioptic Diagnostics, said: “A core part of the Instituteʼs work is diagnostic specimen testing on the basis of the histomorphological analysis and evaluation of changes in an organ, tissue and cell taken from the body of a patient during a sampling intervention or surgery. Closely working with other medical departments, the Institute mainly determines the diagnosis, stage, treatment and prognosis of a disease. Previously, the Institute was operational in a small, unrenovated building on the other hospital site on Považská Street for a long time.”
As far as the refurbishment of the Infectious Diseases Clinic is concerned, the main goal of the building's fundamental redesign was to improve the quality of the Clinic's healthcare services, to enhance its anti-epidemiological measures and operations management, to increase comfort for patients and medical staff, and, last but not least, to boost the credibility of the Central Military Hospital, according to the hospital director.
Assoc Prof Róbert Rusnák MD PhD continued: “The key requirements on the facility were the accessibility to wheelchair users and the availability of separate bathrooms, including toilets and showers in patient rooms. The main outcome of the Infectious Diseases Clinicʼs refurbishment is an easily accessible, modern, in-patient infectious disease department in northern Slovakia with high standards of healthcare for the civilian population and the military.”
Praising the recent progress made by the Central Military Hospital, Defence Minister Martin Sklenár said: “Quality is the best business card. Therefore, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in the hospitalʼs successful development to the benefit of patients. They will “refund” it to the hospital by seeing to it that the hospital will earn a Best Hospitals ranking.”
In closing, Minister Sklenár said that the hospital continues to have the Slovak Defence Ministry's full support.
