Ygeia Hospital Explained

Ygeia Hospital Νοσοκομείο "Υγεία"
Region:	Attica
Country:	Greece
Healthcare:	Publicly funded health care
Type:	Clinical
Emergency:	Yes

The Ygeia Hospital was founded in 1970 by a group of Greek doctors, with the aim of creating a model for the country of a private hospital.^[1]

It is the first large private nursing institution that operated in Greece and this hospital is one of the largest private hospital units in the country. Ygeia is the hospital where the first heart transplant was performed in Greece, the first case of AIDS was treated, the first in Europe radioactive granules were implanted in prostate cancer, while in May 1989 the hospital successfully separated Siamese. In 2013, it was awarded as the best employer in Europe at the European Business Awards 2012/2013.^[2]

Ygeia has the best technology in medical materials and units for today's data:

• The first PET-CT (Positron Emission Tomography Department) that operated in our country.
• The only GAMMA-KNIFE Brain Radiosurgery Department in Greece GAMMA -KNIFE with Leksell Gamma Knife® PerfexionTM.
• The innovative Da Vinci® S Robotic Surgery system for bloodless operations.
• The most modern and largest - in patient volume - Radiotherapy and Oncology Center with the most modern linear accelerators ELEKTA Axesse, Synergy, Platform.
• The Day Treatment Unit (M.H.I.).
• One of the most modern Fluid Organ Transplantation Units (bone marrow).

References

1. Web site: Το Υγεία - Ιστορικό . 2013-06-21 . hygeia.gr . https://web.archive.org/web/20140421053003/http://www.hygeia.gr/page.aspx?p_id=2 . 2014-04-21 . dead .
2. News: Διεθνής διάκριση για το νοσοκομείο Υγεία . 2013-06-21 . Τσακίρη Τόνια . 2013-06-15 . Το Βήμα.