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University
Children Hospital of Cracow (Poland) is a tertiary care referral
center for the most severely ill patients from all over Poland. We
manage children with the most advanced forms of various neoplastic
diseases, burns, congenital defects, or neonates with extremely low
birth weight. Our hospital offers services in all pediatric and
surgical specialties. It has four intensive care units, seven
operating rooms, and complete diagnostic facilities. University
Children’s Hospital of Cracow is also a teaching base involved
with research and education for students of medicine, pharmacy,
medical analytics, public health, nursing and other medical
specialties. Unfortunately,
despite our achievements that make us proud, we also have our share
of problems: a majority of our facilities, and especially the
operating rooms and intensive care units constructed more than 40
years ago, no longer meet contemporary standards and must be
promptly modernized. A new surgical complex, ventilators and cardiac
monitors, repairs of roofing on all buildings are only selected
elements of our “wish list”. This is why we have
initiated the project of Restoration of University Children’s
Hospital in an attempt to raise funds necessary for implementation
of the most important investment and renovation projects and
purchase of medical equipment. Thanks
to donations and support received to date from various civic-minded
companies, institutions and individuals, we have already started
modernization of our Neonatal Pathology and Intensive Care Unit. We
have also managed to extend our hospital pharmacy, adding central
workstations for cytostatic drug preparation – these
medications are administered to hematology and oncology patients.
Several most pressing renovation works have also been accomplished.
Yet I am first to admit that a lot of work is still ahead if we want
to complete all repairs and renovations and furnish modern medical
equipment for all the wards, thus reaching the level equal to that
represented by other pediatric hospitals in Europe and the world.
Therefore,
we are taking the liberty of asking for your support and assistance
in restoration and modernization of University Children’s
Hospital of Cracow – an important care centre for sick
children from all over Poland. We will be very grateful for any help
in the form of cash or in-kind donation (medical equipment) that we
need to receive as soon as possible.
Sincerely
yours, |
