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The first clinical implantation of a sutureless valve in our Hospital!
On 13 and 14 January, 2005 Prof. Jerzy Sadowski assisted by Dr. Boguslaw Kapelak at the Clinical Ward of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology implanted the first sutureless valve in three patients.
The operation lasted less than one minute. The standard mechanical or tissue heart valve takes about 35-45 minutes to suture in place. The new product provides the same result in less than 50 seconds, thus limiting the risk of lethal complications. It is especially recommended for high-risk patients who otherwise would not qualify for valve replacement. It is a chance for people who used to be referred to as mortally ill, says Prof. Sadowski.
The new valve is made of the horse pericardial sac by the American team supervised by James Cox and Tino Quijano. The Krakow investigational center was chosen for the implantation as the biggest and most modern cardiac surgery center (it performs about 650 valve implantations annually). In January 2006 another three sutureless valves were successfully implanted. The 3F valves are planned to be introduced into clinical practice very soon.
You may read more at www.kardiochirurgia.net.pl
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Our Worker represents Poland at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008!
On 19 May 2008 the John Paul II Hospital was ranked among the nation’s good hospitals according to the National Ranking for Hospitals by the Super Express.
The Council on the Quality International 2008 under the patronage of the Ministry of Regional Development, the Polish Agency for Entrepreneurship and the Polish ISO 9000 Forum Club presented to our Hospital the silver prize Quality International in the category of the highest quality services.
Following decision of the Steering Committee of the Jagiellonian Business Club (JBC) in February 2008 the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow became a member of the JBC.
The John Paul II Hospital in Krakow was honored with distinction award PEARLS IN MEDICINE 2007 in the category of Multispecialist Hospitals with more than 400 beds.
On 11 November 2007 our Hospital was honored with distinction award of the Polish Quality Award - The 13th Edition in the category of public healthcare institutions.
The John Paul II Hospital was ranked as the best hospital in Maloposka in the category “Safe Hospital 2007” according to the hospital ranking carried out by “Rzeczpospolita”.
On Saturday 9 June 2007 the jubilee ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow was held at the Slowacki Theater.
The John Paul II Hospital received the Malopolska Quality Award 2006 in the category of medical institutions.
Inauguration of HELP & HOPE Project
The title of the IT Leader of the Decade was awarded to the John Paul II Hospital in Krakow.
