
Newly opened Akromion Orthopaedics Hospital is the only hospital in Europe with the latest integrated operating rooms technology.
Krapinske Toplice, April 11, 2008 – Special Hospital for Orthopaedics and Traumatology Akromion saw its grand opening today. The hospital was opened by the national secretary of public health Ante Zvonimir Golem, MD. Located in Krapinske Toplice, Akromion Hospital is the largest private hospital of this sort in Croatia, and among the leading ones in Europe. At the moment there are 39 employees. More than 40 mil kn were invested in its reconstruction and refurbishment with the help of Quaestus Fund. Akromion Hospital has three operating rooms with modern medical equipment and offers supreme accommodation for its patients. It is lead by a team of four top orthopaedists - Prof Miroslav Hašpl, MD, Prof Nikola Čičak, MD, Denis Tršek, MD, and Hrvoje Klobučar, MD. The hospital is expecting to entering into agreement with the Croatian Institute for Health Insurance very soon.
Among about three hundred guests at the grand opening of the hospital, there was the county perfect of Krapinsko-Zagorska County Sonja Borovčak, Vice-President of the Parliament Željka Antunović and famous sports figures Vlado Šola, Ivica Kostelić and his father Ante.
Prof Nikola Čičak, MD, surgeon and Medical Manager of Akromion Hospital, said on this occasion: „For years we have been dreaming about working in a top hospital and sometimes we looked at our foreign colleagues in modern hospitals with envy. Finally, now we have our own hospital, in some ways even better than the ones we used to admire. Once Akromion reaches its full capacity, about 3000 patients a year will be able to share this joy with us.
Prof Miroslav Hašpl, MD, surgeon and President of Akromion Hospital Administrative Council stated: „We will try to be the best. After this success, our motivation can be cut by scalpel. Our patients, who were waiting for this hospital to open, will not regret trusting us.
Tomislav Matić, Director at Quaestus, said: „At the time of setting down its strategy, Quaestus decided to invest in the health sector. An investment in the health sector is an investment in the future, because we know that health is a value that will be raising highest. When the team which now leads Akromion appeared, we knew that was a chance we couldn’t miss.
Equipment
Akromion Hospital is by now the largest private-owned orthopaedic hospital in the Republic of Croatia, it spreads over an area of about 2000 square meters, on three floors. The building is rented from Krapinske Toplice Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation and has been completely reconstructed. A completely new operating block with three operating rooms and a wake-up room have been built, while the ground floor, second floor and attic have been completely redone. Operating rooms have state-of-the-art equipment. There are 11 rooms on the ward, three of these are single, six are double rooms and there are two suites. Each room has a separate bathroom and a toilette, as well as a TV set and Internet connection, which ensures maximum comfort for the patients.
E-hospital
The hospital is entirely computerized. There are no patients’ charts, paperwork and waiting lists. Besides for having the most modern medical equipment, one of the three operating rooms is equipped with Olympus HD ALPHA technology – integrated operating rooms technology. This latest technology enables doctors and hospital personnel a complete access to graphic and textual medical data about patients during surgery, which allows for immediate and timely consultations during surgeries. Such orthopaedic integrated operating room is for now the only one in Europe and can be adequately said that Akromion, with its equipment, is one of the leading orthopaedic centres in Europe.
Professional team
Hospital’s professional team consists of, for now, four leading orthopaedic surgeons led by university professors, Prof Nikola Čičak, MD, and Prof Miroslav Hašpl, MD. The team also consists of Hrvoje Klobučar, MD, and Denis Tršek, MD. Anaesthesiology team is comprised by Siniša Šoštarić, MD, and Krešimir Oremuš, MD.
Services
Akromion provides all medical services in the field of orthopaedic surgery and traumatology: from arthroscopic surgeries of the shoulder, knee, hip, ankle and elbow to artificial joint replacements of the hip, knee, shoulder, ankle and elbow. There is also reconstructive procedures on all joints, treating fractures and consequences thereof. In the beginning we will not deal with backbone and malignant tumors, while we will partially cover paediatric orthopaedic surgeries. The capacity of the three operating rooms is 3000 surgeries a year.
The patients of Akromion Hospital have the unique possibility for post–operational rehabilitation at the same location, due to the already existing service within Krapinske Toplice Hospital. Hence, patients receive a complete service – from examination, surgery to rehabilitation – all at the same place.
Croatian Institute for Health Insurance (Cro. HZZO).
Since Akromion is a private-owned hospital, patients can arrange for treatments and surgeries independently by themselves. Nevertheless, hospital’s capacity can also be used for treatments covered by HZZO. This agreement is expected very soon, mostly because of the fact that patients wait for months to have surgeries in state hospitals, and some surgical procedures will only be possible in Akromion Hospital.
Investment
Special Hospital for Orthopaedics and Traumatology of the Bone and Joint System Akromion was founded by Osteon ltd., whose investors are Quaestus Private Equity Capital Fund and four top orthopaedists from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Department of Traumatology, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb: Prof Miroslav Hašpl, MD, Prof Nikola Čičak, MD, Denis Tršek, MD, and Hrvoje Klobučar, MD. Work on the hospital started on July 30, 2007, the investment was over 40 mil kn. Currently, there are 40 employees