The already refurbished building section of the 400-bed clinic was inaugurated in Pécs on Wednesday in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Administration and Justice Tibor Navracsics.
At the inauguration ceremony, Tibor Navracsics emphasised that this project created long-term development which will not only benefit the region and the country, but also the entire Central and Eastern European Region. Such investment projects and similar ones “contribute to Hungary’s development and to boosting economic competitiveness”, he added.
Refurbishing the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Clinic building section was implemented as part of the HUF 13 billion Janus Pannonius Programme, which aims to fully reconstruct and modernise the 400-bed clinic in Pécs using EU and government funds. The institute that operates in the building section just inaugurated will primarily engage in the examination and treatment of tumour patients, with a large number of heart, lung, pancreas, bone, liver, kidney and central nervous system tests slated to take place. A hybrid apparatus is also online at the institute, allowing for concurrent isotope and radiological section imaging. The premises have outstanding radiation protection, meaning that the more than one million patients who visit each year will be completely safe. The diagnostic centre will cater to the whole of Baranya County, but - as a university centre - it is also subject to an obligation to provide nationwide care regarding various specialised tests and surgical procedures.
In September 2010, the leaders of the University of Pécs announced plans to develop the university’s clinical centre: the better part of the costs of the investment project aiming to create the infrastructural criteria for 21st century patient care was awarded in the scope of tenders submitted for funding from the Social Infrastructure Operational Programme. The 400-bed clinic will be upgraded as part of development project valued at HUF 13 billion and set to last until the end of 2014, along with what is known as the core hospital on its grounds - which integrates various clinics and departments spread out over multiple points of town - and an emergency room will also be set up, along with a training centre.
Download
The number of the clinical centre’s sites will drop from 16 to four as a result of the works, which will allow for higher standard patient care, the decreasing of patient routes, and a cost-efficient operation of the institutes.
(Ministry of Public Administration and Justice)
