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In the days of June 1st and 2nd, 2017, the conference WOUNDS & DEFECTS 2017 was held at the Vitality Hotel a.s. Vendryně, meeting at Trojmezí – Třinec. This year it has been already the VII. run of the WOUNDS & DEFECTS conference. It was dedicated to an international meeting of followers of the latest methods and procedures in the management of chronic wounds and skin defects. The professional guarantor of the event was the Czech Wound Management Association headed by its President MD Jan Stryja, Ph.D. Other specialists included Doc. PhDr. Andrea Pokorna, Ph.D. and Mgr. Markéta Koutná Ph.D. The motto of this year’s conference was “Non-healing wounds – a challenge for individuals and the” healthcare system.”

The Advanced Wound Management Division presented here a complete portfolio of Smith & Nephew wound dressing materials. As acknowledgment of our activity at the market we have received a positive response from our customers, both existing and new ones. We recognized a great interest in the Smith & Nephew materials. It was all supported by a wonderful atmosphere that accompanied the whole course of the conference not only in the Vitality Hotel, but also throughout the individual program for healthcare professionals who were invited to this event by PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s.

We are growing in the market and this Congress has given us a positive feedback.

Advanced Wound Management Division

Czech Neonatology Society of the Czech Medical Society JEP under the auspices of the Neonatal ward of the University Hospital Olomouc on 2.6. – 4.6. 2017 held in Loučná nad Desnou, XXV. Neonatology meeting, XIX. Hanák’s days.

The meeting is attended by the Head Doctors, managers, doctors, nurses of all perinatology centres of Moravia. This time the Department of Neonatology of the University Hospital Olomouc under the direction of Lumír Kantor, PhD., MD, Head Doctor of the Neonatal Ward, Mgr. Jana Romanová, Vojtěch Bodnár, MD organized the event.

Polythematic lectures were divided into the doctors and nurses section.

For our company PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s., the meeting was attended by its Intensive Care Medicine division, which is a long and very positively perceived tradition.

Intensive Care Medicine division

From 19th to 20th May 2017, our Medical Technologies division participated in the Congress – ,,Comprehensive News in Urologic Oncology” at the Angelo Hotel in Prague Smíchov. The conference was organized under the auspices of the Czech Urological Society, the Czech Academy of Urology, the 2nd Faculty of Medicine of UK, and the Motol University Hospital. The president of the event was Professor Marek Babjuk, MD, and CSc. Michaela Matoušková, MD. For our division we have presented premium devices Hitachi Avius and Noblus and their capabilities in urology diagnostics as well as in some surgical procedures. It is becoming a general trend in this medical field to use MR – US fusion imaging in navigated prosthetic biopsies or in surgical procedures, a topic we also focused on.

The Congress was attended by a number of specialists, to name some representatives of our clients: MD. Lubomír Hyršl, PhD. from the Regional Hospital Kladno, with whom we discussed the possibilities of use of our ultrasound devices. The conference has been beneficial in terms of our brand reinforcement in the field of urology. We believe that it will bring us new business opportunities and increase an interest in our cutting-edge technologies in the future.

Medical Technologies division

On Monday, May 29, 2017, the Conference ,,Five Hospital One Team” was held in the House of Music in Pardubice The organizers of the event. were the Pardubice Region hospitals, a.s. The participants of this event were nurses and doctors, managers of individual hospital wards from Pardubice, Chrudim, Ústí nad Orlicí, Svitavy and Litomyšl.

The conference was organized by Mgr. Svetlana Jeřábková Director of Nursing Care of the Pardubice Hospital. The patronage over the conference was taken by MUDr. Vladimír Niger, PhD., Member of the Board of Directors and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Pardubice Region Hospitals, a.s. Professor MD. Josef Fusek, DrSc., Dean of the Faculty of Healthcare Studies at the Pardubice University.

The conference introduced lectures on various topics across the medicine. PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. was represented by the Surgical Program Division, Advanced Wound Management and Intensive Medicine with the support of other divisions.

Surgical Program Division, Advanced Wound Management and Intensive Medicine division

From 18th to 19th May 2017 the workshop „Modern rhinoplasty techniques Prague 2017“ organized by the Head Doctor of ORL Department Radim Kaňka, MD took place at the General University Hospital in Prague. There were two main lecturers, Professor Gilbert J. Nolst Trenité  and  Dirk Jan Manger, MD from Amsterdam. The profesional program was focused on the modern methods in plastic operations of nose with four live broadcasting from an operations theatre.

We have exhibited Coblasion plasma technology that can be used for some minor nose operations. Another product we have introduced at our stand was nasal tamponade from Smith&Nephew. There were 52 doctors taking part in the workshop who have shown a great deal of interest in our products.

Surgical Programme Division – ORL

On May 17, the Pharma division and the Advanced Wound Management Division took part in the XIII. Hodonín’s nurses day. The concert hall Europe in Hodonín brought together not only general nurses, but also doctors at a shared one-day conference on “Interconnected Care in Our Hospital“, organized under the auspices of the Mayor of Hodonín, Mgr. Milan Lúčka on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the opening of the Hospital in Hodonín.

The invitation to the event. was accepted by a member of the Council of the South Moravian Region responsible for healthcare, Mr Igor Chlup, a member of the South Moravian Region Council, Ing. Antonín Tesařík, Vice-Mayors of Hodonín City JUDr. Vítězslav Krabička and Mgr. Jiří Janda, Director of the Department of Healthcare of the DP VZP CR – Ing. Svatava Šlajchrtová, Director of the Hospital of the Merciful Brothers Brno, p. o., MD. Josef Drbal, Director of the Kyjov Hospital, Mgr. Danuše Křiváková and other important guests.The International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world on 12 May on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth to mark the contribution nurses make to society.

PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. has also actively participated in the professional program with a lecture on “Prevention of Catheter Sepsis”.

Pharma and Advanced Wound Management Divisions

n the days from 17th to 19th May 2017, our two divisions Innovative healthcare technologies – Innovative Medical Technology and Advanced Wound Management took part in the XXI National Congress of the Czech Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (ČSOT) held in the Top Hotel Prague.

The professional guarantor of this event was the I. Orthopaedics Clinic of the First Faculty of Medicine and the Motol University Hospital as well as the President of ČSOT and Head of the Clinic Professor MD. Ivan Landor, CSc.

The event was attended by doctors and nurses from all over the Czech Republic and from abroad. The Congress was intended for orthopaedics, traumatologists, physiotherapists and nurses from all surgical disciplines that operate both in wards and the outpatient facilities.

This year PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. for the first time introduced a new concept of Smith & Nephew’s portfolio. The Innovative Medical Technology Division proudly presented the full range of Smith & Nephew’s joint replacements which representation for the Czech Republic has recently gained.  A strong and unmatched representation of Smith & Nephew’s materials was also supported by the Advanced Wound Management Division, which supplemented this kit with materials for sterile dressing of the postoperative wound.

Innovative Medical Technology Division and Advanced Wound Management Division

Our truck fleet has new additions, such as the Krone – Cool Liner DUOPLEX STEEL semi-trailer in the brand new PROMEDICA PRAHA GROUP, a.s. design.

We also have a new Mercedes Benz ATEGO 1224 L 4X2 and two new Mercedes Benz ATEGO 918 L 4X2 vehicles in the fleet. All new vehicles meet the highest standards for the transport of temperature-controlled goods, and because we think green, they also meet the newest Euro 6 most stringent emission standard.

We wish a lot of successful mileage!

More than 45,000 visitors came to Čáslav on the Open Door Day 20th May 2017

May Saturday attracted aviation enthusiasts, as well as military technique admirers to the airport of Čáslav. After two years, the gates have opened to the public again. This traditional event, which is focused not only on the presentation of the Čáslav base, was also attended by a number of the Czech Republic army units.

This aviation holiday is also commemorating the sixty-year anniversary of the establishment of the 22nd fighter regiment in the Čáslav crew. In addition to a number of important guests, the Air Force Commander, Major General  Jaromír Šebesta and Minister of Defence Martin Stropnický were also present. The Minister mentioned in his speech in the first place the strategic position of the base and the importance of the squadron for the defence of the Czech airspace.

There were dozens  items of aviation technique from the Czech Republic, other armies and partners, as well as dozens of pieces of ground equipment, including the Pandurs, the T72-M4CZ, a workplace for chemical  decontamination and many other attractions.

“On this day we remembered the heroism of our pilots during World War II, namely General Perina, the honourable commander of the 212th Tactical Squadron. In his honour, One hundred and fifty-nine (L-159 ALCA) in the colours of the British Spitfire was introduced,” said Colonel Tomanek.

In the static exposition, the aircraft had an honourable place next to the Supermarine Spitfire Mk composite model. IXc at a scale of 1: 1, presented at the event by the Aviation History Association – Czech Spitfire Club. “We believe that by displaying the legendary Spitfire we contribute to commemorating the memory of our heroes, which our nation can and should be proud of,” says Zdeněk Sadecký, the chairman of the club.

Prague 8 remembered the Operation Anthropoid on Saturday, May 27th

This year; we remember the 75th anniversary of the military operation against the Reich Protector Heydrich.

On May 27, 1942 at 10.35 am two soldiers of the Czechoslovak foreign resistance, paratroopers Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík, attacked in the Kobylisy bend under Vychovatelna a passing car with the acting Reich protector on board. Mortally wounded Heydrich died of his injuries in the Bulovka hospital 8 days later. It was a heroic act that had no parallel in any of the Nazi occupied countries. Heydrich was the third high-rank man of the Greater Germany Reich, and his elimination was the greatest success of the resistance against such a high-ranking official. In fact, Anthropoid was the only successful assassination of a senior Nazi leader during World War II.

After 75 years, we want to honour the heroic act of the both paratroopers and their supporters from the domestic population, many of whom have paid for their help with their lives and with the lives of their loved ones. The Municipal District of Prague 8 prepared a series of events on Friday and Saturday, May 26 and 27, 2017, to commemorate the events that took place then on its territory.

Saturday afternoon was dedicated to an accompanying program, which reminded of the time not only in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, but also in the Czechoslovak squadrons in Great Britain. One of the big sites was the camp of the Czechoslovak squadrons in RAF and an improvised airport where the Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc aircraft could be seen.  The guided tours led by the chairman of the Czech Spitfire Club, Mr. Zdeněk Sadecký, took place at the camp.

The atmosphere was very retro and the camp of Czechoslovak RAF units, together with the airplane, has generated a great public interest.

Pictures of both events can be seen in the gallery. You can also see the short report HERE.

Pavel Hanuš

General Manager

From 18th to 19th May 2017, our Surgical Programme Division participated in the XXIV Congress of Prague Surgery Days, a surgery congress with international participation. At our stand we introduced the Ecolab devices – Hush Slush and Intratemp.

During the Congress, we had the opportunity to present these devices to new customers from the ranks of doctors and operation theatre nurses.

Attendees, especially from the III. Surgery Clinic University Hospital in Motol – Transplantation Department, have shown a great interest in Hush Slush system that delivers velvet-soft slush, Customers were particularly interested in the speed and quality of the produced slush.

At our stand we also exhibited our high quality surgery footwear by the English producer Toffeln, which attracts an extraordinary and growing interest.

We have gained new business contacts and information for further negotiations about these products.

Surgical programme division