La Paz University Hospital

Summary

La Paz University Hospital is the top-performing public hospital in Spain-located in Madrid City. The multispecialty tertiary care hospital was established in 1964 and since then, serving national and international patients. The largest hospital further consists of four hospitals; The Maternal hospital, The General Hospital, The Traumatology and Rehabilitation Hospital, and The Children’s Hospital. Furthermore, they also provide palliative and supportive care in two types of services Palliative Home Care Teams and Palliative Care Units. Lastly, they are accredited by International Standardization Organization (ISO 9001) for providing quality services.

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Details

General Outlook

• The La Paz University Hospital is one of the top-class public hospitals located on the Northside of Madrid City.

• The tertiary care hospital was inaugurated in July 1964 as a simple hospital. Now with time and advancement, they are a large complex hospital.

• They made a network of about 17 buildings and four large hospitals The Maternal hospital, The General Hospital, The Traumatology and Rehabilitation Hospital, and The Children’s Hospital.

• The largest hospital offers specialized healthcare services to a large number of patients nationally and internationally as they have a dedicated team of healthcare professionals.

• They have about 26 reference centers & units and a wide range of portfolio of services that is designated by the Ministry of Health of Spain.

Fundaments

• The Laz Paz University Hospital and all its buildings are made in an area of about 180,000 square meters-well-equipped with high-tech therapeutic and diagnostic equipment.

• The great infrastructure of a hospital includes;

• 1,300 in four buildings
• 45 operational theaters
• 7,000 employees
• 26 reference centers and units

• The specialty department of a hospital is Medical Oncology, which provides services like radiotherapy, palliative care, and symptom control. Further, more than 14,000 patients receive chemotherapy and 1,300 admissions per year in the oncology department.

• They also provide palliative and supportive care in two types of services Palliative Home Care Teams and Palliative Care Units.

• Moreover, annually they treat patients with special medical procedures and techniques roughly estimated as;

• 40,000 surgeries
• 20,000 outpatient surgical procedures
• 1,000,000 outpatient consultations
• 220,000 patients in emergency

Specialty Medical Services for Foreigners

The General and Traumatology Hospital of La Paz University Hospital provide featured medical services and units as;

• Anesthesia and Resuscitation
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit
• Digestive System
• Endocrinology and Nutrition
• Facial Palsy Unit
• Intensive Medicine
• Neurology
• Ophthalmology
• Plastic Surgery
• Radiation Oncology

Some features services and units of The Maternal and Child Hospital are as follow;

• Children’s Ophthalmology
• Fetal Medicine
• High-Risk Pregnancy Unit
• Hospital Pediatrics, Infectious, and Tropical Diseases
• Neonatology
• Pediatrics Hematology and Oncology

Language Spoken

• English
• Spanish

Approachability for Foreigners

• The nearest airport for La Paz University Hospital is Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport. The total distance is about 15 km that takes 15-20 minutes to reach the hospital via road in a car, taxi, and town car.
• Moreover, there are many international standard hotels are present around the hospital that provides a wide range of services and facilities for foreigners.

Certifications and Recognitions

• The Clinical Analysis Service, Transfusion Practice, and Therapeutic Apheresis received the certificate from Entidad Nacional de Acreditación(ENAC).

• The Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) is accreditated by Europe’s only official body in this area- Joint Accreditation Committee ISCT-Europe & EBMT (JACIE).

• This medical center received certificates from Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) in the following areas;

• Services and certified units
• Environmental management system
• Quality management system
• Social responsibility management system
• Food safety management system
• Risk management system
• The various areas of the medical center are also accreditated by the International Certification Network-IQNET;
• Services and certified units
• Food safety
• Social Responsibility
• Environmental system

Accreditations

International Standardization Organization ISO 9001

ISO 9001-the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system(QMS). Health care and hospitals use the standard to demonstrate the ability to consistently provide services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. Hospitals, industries, organizations, and healthcare centers of all types and sizes find that using the ISO 9001 standard helps them, organize processes, improve the efficiency of processes, and continually improve.