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From 5th to 7th October 2017, a diabetes congress focused on new technologies in the treatment of diabetes was held at the Congress Centre in Pilsen. The event was organized under the auspices of the Czech Diabetes Society with the professional guarantee of Professor MUDr. Zdeněk Rušavý, Ph.D.

PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. actively participated in this conference by its Diabetes Care Division. At our stand we presented the blood glucose meter CONTOUR PLUS ONE along with its mobile application for the CONTOUR DIABETES device.

The interest in our innovative self-monitoring technology has been great and we believe it will bring us other satisfied patients as well as a growing prestige in the field of diabetes care.

Diabetes Care Division

In the days from 4th to 5th October 2017, an educational workshop with foreign participation on the topic of extra-anatomical Detour stent was held.

MUDr. Andrzej Wrona from Poland visited the Czech Republic. MD. Wrona has experience with implantations of 26 Detour extra-anatomical stents. There were also other participants present such as Paul Lemonie – CEO Porgés and MUDr. Aurimas Macionis from Lithuania, who was trained as a future supervisor of the Extra-Anatomical Stent for the Republic of Lithuania.

The program was divided into two days. The social section took place on October 4th where we discussed the individual patients’ cases and compared the work conditions in the individual regions. On 5th October, a surgery day was held.

The team of MUDr. Petra Klézla / Urology Clinic of FNKV was present and also the doctors from other workplaces accepted invitation to the workshop: MUDr. Milan Čermák / Department of Urology, Faculty Hospital, ÚVN, MUDr. Otakar Mareš / the Head of Urology at the Bulovka Hospital and the Head of Urology Clinic FNHK MUDr. Josef Košina.

By this activity we managed to operate on 2 patients, to whom we returned a better life without permanent nephrostomy. At the same time, this event had a high social impact for PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. and the PORGES division, as the director of FNKV Doc. MUDr. Robert Grill attended the workshop and found it very interesting. We managed to bring together 3 important Prague urological workplaces and one of Hradec Králové and inspire them to the Porgés products.

Porgés Division

On Tuesday, 17th October 2017, our IRK division, after long preparations and training of physicians and healthcare professionals of the Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and IKEM Coronary Unit experienced the first implantation of the smallest heart pump Impella CP from Abiomed. The operation was performed by the lead physician of the Department of Interventional Cardiology, MUDr. Michal Želízko, CSc.

Impella CP is intended to stabilize hemodynamic of the patient’s blood circulation by pumping blood from the left ventricle into the aorta by a flow rate of up to 3.7 l / min, thereby supporting blood circulation in reduced left ventricular function. Impella is used in high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) and for cardiogenic shock conditions (CS).

This miniature pump is stored in a 14F catheter and was inserted through the patient’s right thigh into the femoral artery. Implantation of Impella CP lasted 25 minutes, including the preparation of the entry into the groin and ended without any complications.

Benefits of this device were appreciated not only by doctors, in a complicated PCI intervention in which they performed transluminal angioplasty of the main stem of the left coronary artery with the introduction of stents, but also by the patient who had been hemodynamically stable during the operation. In Europe is the approved duration of implanted Impella CP in the patient’s body maximum of 5 days.

IRK division

In the days of 23rd and 24th September 2017 our Medical Technology Division participated as an exhibitor in the Veterinary Congress VETclasses 2017 held at the ALDIS Congress centre, a.s. Hradec Králové.

At our exhibition stand we introduced ultrasonic devices for veterinary practice HITACHI-ALOKA Alpha 7 and Arietta 60. We have also presented a new type of ultrasonic device – Apogee 2100 – from the SIUI product line. The visitors of our exhibition stand have shown a great interest in these devices. This fact should help us to further develop business opportunities and build on the success within our current portfolio at the Czech veterinary market.

Medical Technology Division

In the days from 28th to 30th September 2017, the annual Čechova ultrasound conference was held in the Clarion Hotel Olomouc. The conference was attended by gynaecologists from all over the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Our Medical Technology Division traditionally took part with the aim to introduce ultrasound devices from Aloka-Hitachi’s product portfolio to doctors. At our exhibition stand we presented the upper-scale devices AVIUS and ARIETTA 70. Attendees have shown a great interest in these devices. Through our participation in this conference, we have expanded the range of our potential customers in the field of gynaecology.

The organizer of the Congress was the head physician of the Centre for Foetal Medicine and Ultrasound Diagnostics of the Gynaecology and Obstetrics Clinique of the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and the General University Hospital in Prague – Professor MD. Pavel Calda, PhD., who is a recognized expert in his field.

Medical Technology Division

From the 7th to 9th September 2017, the XXIV. Congress of the Czech Society of Anaesthesiology, Resuscitation and Intensive Medicine (ČSARIM) was held in Brno Exhibition Centre. ČSARIM is a voluntary professional scientific organization that brings together doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff involved in emergency medicine, anaesthesiology, intensive and resuscitation care.

This year’s run is held on the 170th anniversary of the first administration of the general anaesthesia in Bohemia and Moravia. Traditionally, all the basic field topics – anaesthesia care in all its contexts, perioperative medicine, intensive care and pain management – have been discussed. Congress was attended not only by physicians but also by the professional public.

The congress program was divided into a medical and nursing part. Lectures, workshops, or discussions on intensive medicine topics were taking place in five different halls and 1 poster area.

At our stand, we were able to support and present products from the existing portfolio and also to introduce our new products. In our Intensive Medicine Division, there are mainly the products of Biometrix and SINAPI manufacturers – central venous and arterial catheters, permanent urinary temperature-sensing catheters, chest drainage, chest suction, etc.  Currently, there are also new products for airway management.

Intensive Medicine Division

We would like to thank to all the healthcare professionals, for whom we have been the first choice partner already for 26 years!

In this spirit, we have set a billboard campaign that you can spot throughout the whole country during the months of October and November.

In this campaign, we touched the election theme, which is currently ongoing. However, as a trustworthy partner of healthcare professionals, there is no need to persuade anyone to cooperate with us. We just wish to thank you for the years of trust. So see you on the roads …

PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s.

From 6th to 8th September 2017, our Orthopaedics’ Division – ENT participated in the 7th CZECHO – SLOVAK CONGRESS OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY – HEAD AND NECK SURGERY in Martin. The event took place at the Jessenius Medical Faculty of UK, and the main organizer of the congress was the ENT Clinic of Medical Faculty UK in Martin, headed by Doc. MUDr. Vladimír Čalkovský, PhD.

About 350 physicians from the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic attended this congress. On our stand, we presented a Smith & Nephew Coblation Plasma Technology, which can be used for various surgical ENT procedures. We have also introduced other products by Smith & Nephew – Rapid Rhino nasal swabs.

Congress did not have a central theme, the program of lectures and instructional courses was diverse. Doctors from the Slovak Republic have also shown great interest in our products.

Division of Orthopaedics-ENT

On 6th September 2017, the training course on “Training and Education in Advanced Cardiovascular Hemodynamics” in cooperation with PROMEDICA INSTITUT was held in the Marriot Hotel Prague.

The course was attended by many experts in the field of interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery not only from the Czech Republic but also from abroad. The expert part of the course was preceded by a presentation of the new product Impella by Abiomed manufacturer. This product has recently extended our IRK division’s portfolio. Impella is designed for a short-term cardiac support of patients with risk PCI, cardiogenic shock or acute heart failure and will be one of the TOP products of our division.

Interventional Radiology and Cardiology Division

One of the long-term projects of the Czech Spitfire Club is the foundation of the RAF Museum. In the Czech Republic, you can already find local expositions on this topic, but the Museum Air Marshal RAF Karel Janoušek, KCB in the Police (or RAF Museum in Police) near Moravské Budějovice is proud to be the first of its kind thanks to its national reach and importance. The opening ceremony was held on June 17, 2017.

This project aims not only to ensure the operation and development of long-term exhibition, but mainly the placement of medallions of all about 2500 Czechoslovak RAF personnel. It aims to retain the memory of those who entered the British Royal Air Force during the World War II to fight for our freedom, be it in the ranks of pilots, aircrew or ground personnel.

PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a. s. supports the activities of the Czech Spitfire Club and the opening of the museum is no exception. Therefore, we paid a short visit to the chairman of the club, Mr. Zdeňek Sadecký. We visited a museum where we undoubtedly received the best interpretation of exposed exhibits. Mr. Sadecký is indeed an expert and can attract a listener.

On this occasion, we also visited the Jihlava airport, where we had the chance to take a look at the Piper L-4 aircraft. The second long-term project of the Czech Spitfire Club, which we support, is the construction of a fully functional aircraft of this type. You can see more technical parameters and photos here.

The full calendar and words of Mr. Sadecký prove that the Czech Spitfire Club is really not idling. On Saturday, August 26, the Day of Czech History was held in Křivosoudov. The event with motto “Stop the Tyrant!” was conducted in the spirit of the 75th anniversary of the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich. The program was really varied. The centre of Czech history exhibited large-format paintings based on the book trilogy by Jaroslav Čvančura. Thanks to the participation of the Army of the Czech Republic, visitors could see military equipment and field kitchen. A real attraction were the helicopter parachutists and the action fighting scenes (arrests of participants of resistance, clashes with the Gestapo).

Mrs. Jarmila Doležalová, born Šťulíková (71), who survived the Nazi rampage in the village of Ležáky as a child, was an honourable guest of the event. At the age of 3 years she was forcibly placed in a German family for re-education. After the war, however, she returned to her native land. Our colleague, Marcela Kratochvílová, had the opportunity to meet and shortly speak with the lady.

The Czech Spitfire Club organizes or participates in a truly praiseworthy number of events during the year. So do not hesitate to take part in some of them or visit a museum in Police in the Třebíč region.