A new emergency hospital to serve the North-East region of Romania is to be built in Iași and equipped with modern medical technologies. The seven-storey, 148 885 m² complex will have 850 beds, of which 764 will be for acute inpatient care and 86 for critical care, including in the intensive care, paediatric intensive care and burns units.
- 14 May 2020
The hospital will be organised around six specialist centres focusing on the head and neck; the chest; the abdomen; the spine, joints and trauma; internal medicine; and mother and child care. It will have a two-storey underground car park.
A tertiary care hub
Expected to become a tertiary care hub for north-eastern Romania, the complex will handle critically ill patients and cases requiring advanced technology and high levels of expertise. It will also deliver primary care and basic medical services. The interior of the building will be designed for easy adaptation in the event of an anticipated shift towards greater provision of outpatient and day care. This will lead to a need for more short-stay facilities and fewer beds.
Outpatient suites will be based on three different models. Firstly, the ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology and dentistry clinics will have office facilities incorporated within them.
Offices for the general surgery (including cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric surgery and neurosurgery), neurology, cardiology, plastic surgery, orthopaedic and internal medicine (including dermatology) clinics will be located separately from the clinics they serve.
Thirdly, for those services for which continuity of care is of particular importance, outpatients and inpatients will be treated in the same place.
Inpatient sections will include surgical, medical, gynaeco-obstetric, paediatric, intensive and cardiac critical care and burns wards. Pharmacy, radiology, laboratory and dietary support services and ancillary departments will also be based in the hospital.
Better medical services
The project’s main objective is to improve emergency, secondary and tertiary care. Its implementation will contribute to an integrated network of patient-centred regional emergency hospitals and ensure that a safe and effective multidisciplinary approach is taken to treating complex cases.
Construction of the hospital will support the rationalisation of care services and help to better align hospital infrastructure with Romania’s health system. It will reduce health inequalities by increasing access to healthcare for people in isolated or economically disadvantaged areas. This will increase chances of early diagnosis and successful treatment, thus saving lives and preventing long-term illness.
Improved skills
The introduction of new technologies will create jobs that require higher skill levels, providing local doctors, nurses and technical staff – including graduates of the medical and technical universities in Iași – with better career prospects.
This should counter the current brain drain from the region and help attract doctors from abroad. Given the institution's status as a university hospital, academic staff will teach students and medical residents, thereby raising the profile of the area as a medical training centre.
Total investment and EU funding
Total investment for the project “The construction and equipping of the regional emergency hospital in the North-East region” is EUR 500 350 739, with the EU’s European Regional Development Fund contributing EUR 47 000 000 through the “Regional” Operational Programme for the 2014-2020 programming period. The investment falls under the priority “Creating the infrastructure of the regional emergency hospitals”.