Aside from fulfilling its teaching and research roles, the Medical University of Gdańsk is the founding body of four health care institutions, including two clinical hospitals: the University Clinical Centre (UCC) and the University Maritime and Tropical Medicine Centre (UMTMC). Both are highly specialised facilities with highest referantiality grade, i.e. offering the highest healthcare level. The MUG’s hospitals guarantee unique (not only in Poland) treatment method including multi-organs transplantations (heart, kidneys, lungs, liver, pancreatic islets, cornea, bone marrow), mechanical trombectomy, oncological radiotherapy and chemotherapy, children and adult hematology, invasive cardiology and electrocardiology, as well as hyperbaric medicine and tropical diseases.
Medical Care
The MUG hospitals are highly-specialized reference centers. In many disciplines, they offer healing possibilities unique on the scale of Northern Poland in the field of e.g. organ transplantation – heart, kidneys, bone marrow, oncological radiotherapy and chemotherapy, child and adult hematology, invasive cardiology and electro-cardiology, organ surgery, hyperbaric medicine, tropical and nuclear medicine. The highly qualified staff with access to state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment equipment, such as rectangular hyperbaric chamber, magnetic resonance and CT scans, provide a high standard of medical services.
The MUG is constantly modernizing its teaching and clinical infrastructure. The Invasive Medicine Centre was built in 2011, funded by the Polish government (480 million PLN). It is the largest healthcare investment in the Pomeranian region in the last 30 years. This new hospital building consists of several parts which house 12 surgical wards. The Centre’s maximum bedspace is 311 patients. Its roof functions as a helicopter landing pad, which is directly connected with the Emergency Department.
In 2021, the construction of the Non-Invasive Medicine Centre (NIMC), which has a base of nearly 700 beds, was completed. The building has 8 operating rooms equipped with an integrated control system. The combined buildings of the Non-Invasive and Invasive Medicine Centre constitute one of the most modern medical facilities in Europe. There are located i.a.: Department of Cardiology; Department of Mental Diseases and Nervous Disorders; Department of Nephrology, Transplantation and Internal Medicine; Department of Internal Medicine and Connective Tissue Diseases; Department of Adult Neurology, including Stroke Centre; Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine; Department of Geriatrics and Department of Obstetrics.
Funding for the construction of the unit came primarily from the state budget, which set aside more than PLN 592 million for this purpose. The cost of construction, including equipment, was approximately PLN 600 million.
See also
Clinical Units