It’s World Diabetes Day 2020 and this year’s official theme is Nurses Make the Difference. At Promedica and Ascensia, we understand the crucial role that Nurses play for people with Diabetes.
This year, we wanted to bring you inspiring stories about nurses from the voices of people living with diabetes. Watch the video below to hear how nurses have made a real difference in their lives and thank them for the help and support they have given.
Michal is from the Czech Republic and has type 1 diabetes. He is saying thank you to his nurse, Lenka, for the excellent work, perfect explanations and for passing on useful information about practical life with diabetes.
Like and share this story today to help us to celebrate the important role of the nurse in diabetes. And check out all of our inspiring stories at www.ascensia.com/wdd2020.
In 2017, we entered the neighbouring market through the acquisition. There are currently three companies operating under our group in Slovakia. This summer we managed to sign an exclusive contract with our supplier Hitachi for other countries as well. Based on that, we have expanded the scope of our operations anew also into the Finnish and Hungarian markets and two more subsidiaries are currently starting operations under the PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP’s flag, namely Promedica Healthcare Hungary and Promedica Healthcare Finland. There is a great potential in Finland to enter the markets in further Nordic countries. In spite of the Covid restrictions, life goes on and we have a desire as well as power to shape further the PROMEDICA story.
From 13th to 15th September 2020, this time on an alternative date and under extraordinary epidemiological measures, XXIV. CSOT National Congress with international participation with an accompanying exhibition of medical technologies and pharmacy was held. The congress took place at the Best Western Premier Hotel International in Brno. The guarantor of the event was the Orthopaedics Clinic of the Medical Faculty of Masaryk University and the University Hospital in Brno, headed by the 1st Vice-Chairman of the CSOT and the President of the Congress, Professor MD. Martin Repek, Ph.D.
The event was attended by doctors and nurses from all over the Czech Republic and also from abroad. The congress was intended for orthopaedists, traumatologists, physiotherapists and nurses from all surgical disciplines, who work both in inpatient departments and also in the outpatient field. Despite various measures that had to be taken there was a considerable participation.
PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. presented there a complete portfolio of the Smith & Nephew manufacturer. The individual divisions at the stand created a background for doctors and nurses, who could see a strong representation of materials from joint replacements to materials for securing and sterile dressing of the postoperative wound. The entire course of the conference was accompanied by a friendly atmosphere not only at the congress venue, but also during a traditional dinner for paramedics provided by the Orthopaedics Division.
We present you a completely new addition to our Promedica fleet. It is a Mercedes Benz Atego 1224L truck with an isolated extension with temperature recording.
Thus it becomes the 36th car of the Promedica fleet.
We have the pleasure to inform you that our Medical Technology Division has completed the installation of a sciascopic-skiagraphic device at the Radio diagnostic department at the Vsetín Hospital.
This unique reclining wall- Opera SWING from the Italian manufacturer General Medical Merate S.P.A. is so versatile that it can serve both for sciascopic and sciagraphic examinations. Apart from other unique features this device excels in its special design and great variability of fully automatic movements.
We believe that the device will serve well to both the patients and the staff and thus contribute to the smooth running of the whole department.
We proudly announce that our company has once again received the highest possible award – CZECH Stability Award AAA!
This prestigious award reflects the current status, financial situation including prediction of future risks. It provides an independent view of financial and non-financial value of the company and confirms the reliability, credibility and the minimal risk in collaboration with an award-winning company.
Winning the certificate is a credit to our partners and the whole company’s team.
On November 28, 2019 the fourth conference of perioperative nurses including workshops took place in the Central Military Hospital in Prague.
The Surgical Programme Division had the opportunity to present latest innovations in the market with regards to Ansell surgical gloves.
There were altogether six presentations held on this topic, led by Bc. Jindřich Zoul, who was able to attract the audience even in the late afternoon. Presentations were focused on the gloves with AMT technology, Moisturizing and Glove in Glove. The presentation was attended by nurses from all corners of the Czech Republic and the Surgical Programme Division thus had the opportunity to address a large number of customers during one afternoon.
We are extremely pleased with the fact that the introduction of Ansell products enabled us to lay new foundation stones for cooperation in other hospitals.
This year’s, already 23rd Congress of Hospital Pharmacists took place on November 15 – 17, 2019 in Olomouc, at the Clarion Congress Hotel.
The congress was organized jointly by the Department of Hospital Pharmacists of the Czech Pharmaceutical Society in cooperation with the Section of Pharmaceutical Assistants at the Czech Nurses Association.
The congress was held under the auspices of the Minister of Health of the Czech Republic, Mgr. Adam Vojtěch, who also personally attended the event.
Congress motto: We help patients to understand.
The main theme of this year’s congress was the treatment of lung diseases (asthma, COPD, lung cancer). The congress traditionally included workshops of clinical and oncology pharmacy, presentations and an integral part was also company presentations in the form of satellite symposia.
PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. was one of the exhibitors at this congress represented by the Pharma Division, for which this occasion is one of the most important events of the year.
Over 600 registered hospital pharmacists and pharmaceutical assistants visited this year’s run. The congress brought to the participants a lot of new information, shared experience and challenges that will help all experts in hospital pharmacies in their daily work.
Our cooperation is very positively perceived.
We have strengthened our long-standing relationships, which we can use in further cooperation in new areas.
On November 21, 2019 PROMEDICA INSTITUT s.r.o. in cooperation with the Consumable Medical Supplies Division of the PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s., organised in the Hotel D1 the 3rd run of the seminar wellbeing for healthcare professionals „Care brings results“ with the topics: interpersonal relationships and “conscious food”.
The lecturer program was prepared and led by Ing. Romana Tichá. Interactive lectures (about how relationships are formed, how they develop, get to know yourself, work with emotions, productive relationships in the workplace, conscious food – how and with whom to eat, how food affects us and what we actually solve with the food) were in the afternoon replaced by the workshop in Flower binding.
The seminar was included in the lifelong education of non-medical healthcare staff.
We were very pleased with the abundant participation and the immediate positive response from the participants of the seminar.
From 7th to 9th November 2019 our division participated in the international summit organized by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, focused on mechanical heart support. This important summit took place for the first time in the Czech Republic and was held at the Hilton Old Town Hotel in Prague.
Our division presented short-term micro axillary intracardiac catheter cardiac support Impella in versions 5.0, CP and RP, as well as long-term mechanical cardiac support – JARVIK 2000.
In cooperation with JARVIK, the heart support manufacturer, we also introduced the unique concept of wireless recharge of long-term mechanical heart support JARVIK 2000, the only one in the world presented by JARVIK in cooperation with Leviticus.
It is a fully implantable mechanical heart support, which has its own battery implanted in the patient’s body and is recharged wirelessly using a “special vest – belt” that the patient will wear when needed. Once the battery is charged, the patient no longer needs to carry any components other than the watch that monitors the battery and cardiac support status.
During the summit there were also several meetings held, namely with Abiomed and JARVIK.
This international summit was a great success and the products we exhibited were of great interest to doctors as well as to representatives of various companies.
