Krakow-Prokocim University Hospital

After a comprehensive planning and preparation phase, the construction work started in June 2015. The multi-story parking garage area was first completed followed by the main building of the hospital. The main building consists of nine interconnected segments that provide space for 925 beds, 24 operating theatres, 27 specialist clinics, 69 departments and laboratories, an auditorium for 250 people, two lecture theatres, and numerous seminar rooms. The hospital complex is supplemented by several auxiliary buildings and infrastructure facilities such as a power supply station, a helicopter landing pad, a sewage treatment plant, a medical gas decompression plant, a kitchen, and a laundry shop.

The new University Hospital in Krakow-Prokocim was designed and built to fulfil several strategic functions. The hospital serves the training of medical specialists and clinical research but also offers the best diagnostic and treatment options.

In order for the hospital to fulfil its intended functions, it was equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and systems. These include a central control panel in the operating theatres, which gives employees access to key control and information elements – from lighting, ventilation, and temperature to access to the patient database. An audio-visual system also enables the transmission of images and sound from the operating theatres to every room in the hospital, especially the auditorium, the lecture theatres, and the seminar rooms.

Thanks to a pneumatic postal system with 56 stations, blood samples, medications, or documents can be quickly transported throughout the entire hospital. A real-time localisation system (RTLS) is used to identify and monitor the whereabouts of patients. The wireless RTLS tags are attached to the wrists of patients. Their location can then be determined via RTLS wireless access points. In the event of an emergency, the patient can also immediately contact the medical staff via the tag.