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[:en]06 April 2012 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN KOSOVO OPENS ITS DOORS

Founded in 2006, the American Hospital marked the first cornerstone of the private hospital service in Albania. The hospital started work with a team of 72 medical doctors, nurses and workers graduated or trained in Albania, Europe, Turkey and the United States and it counts now 700 workers who show greater experience and commitment.

In its early activities the Hospital focused on patients with cardiac issues from across Albania and the region. Currently, the hospital counts 2,300 patients who have been undergoing successful heart surgery treatment.

Three years ago, in March 2008, the American Hospital increased the range of its services through the establishment of a polyclinic with 24 specialties which has assisted more than 120,000 patients until early 2012. The increased number of specialties enabled the Hospital to build new cooperation bridges with prestigious universities in the field of medicine, such as AKAHA in Vienna, Ankara University and others that proved useful in exchanging both professional and academic experience.

By November 2009, the American Medical Center in Fier was added to the group, whereas by February 2010, another such American Medical Center was established in Durres. Based in two of the biggest cities of Albania, both centers have served as a reference in terms of medical diagnosis and imagery and have further contributed to reduce the burden of patients under hemodialysis, who now receive such service closer to their places of residence.

March 2011 marked the opening of the American Hospital 2, the biggest investment of the group’s shareholders in Albania. The American Hospital 2 has focused its activity in pregnancy and birth, gynecological surgery, general surgery, orthopedics, urology and plastic surgery. These, however, are not the only fields of activity. One of the biggest advantages, which makes also a significant part of the new investment, is the Reproductive Health and InVitro Fertilization Center that is equipped with the first and only Andrology-Embryology Laboratory in Albania.

And we do not stop here… After providing distant services to thousands of Kosovo patients, time came to be present in Kosovo as well, with a well-equipped hospital facility, since March 2012.

06 April 2012 THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL IN KOSOVO OPENS ITS DOORS

The newest serious and very important investment of the American Hospital is the American Hospital facility in Prishtina, Kosovo.

The facility is located in Prishtina’s suburb, Hajvali. The four-storey building has been built on an area of 3000 m2 and counts 30 beds, 3 surgery theatres, 2 delivery rooms, 2 suite rooms (VIP) and the most advanced medical equipment that will be to the service of patients. The Prishtina-based American Hospital is a general medical facility that provides most of its services on a 24/7 basis, including Surgery, Orthopedics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neonatology, Urology, ORL, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery 24h ER, as well as all the supporting services (laboratory, imagery, pathology etc). The hospital has a staff of 100 local and international specialized medical workers who try  to offer high-quality health services focused on the patient’s health and well-being by making use of the most advanced medical technology and international medical protocols,.

The American Hospital of Kosovo is part of the American Hospitals network that has been successfully operating in Albania since five years and has offered treatment to many citizens from Kosovo.

Kosovo’s American Hospital is an investment of the Bed minster Capital Management Fund, which is a New York-based investment fund that includes the Government of the United States of America represented by the Overseas Private Investments Corporation (OPIC), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and various private US citizens.

FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL

JANUARY 2007 – TO DATE

285,000 registered patients

10,200 in-house patients

40 mln € investment

26 departments

130 beds

28 reanimation beds

700 workers

20,000 m² of surface area

8 surgery theaters

12 suite rooms

64 hemodialysis beds

24-hour emergency service

4 ambulances

1 air-ambulance duty helicopter[:]