The oncology hospital in Arad becomes operational on Friday

The oncology hospital in Arad, newly inaugurated by the local authorities on November 29, 2023, following the modernization of a historic building in the city center through an investment of 16 million lei, is to become operational on Friday. On that day, all patients currently in the oncology department of the Emergency County Clinical Hospital will be transferred, according to Agerpres.

The Director of the Communication and Strategies Department within the Arad County Council, Andrei Ando, ​​declared, on Thursday, for Agerpres, that the treatment base was equipped with everything needed to become operational.

“At this time, 12 patients are admitted to Oncology. Everyone will arrive Friday evening at the new hospital, where the conditions are much better, all the furniture is new. The treatment base was also remodeled, with new armchairs for chemotherapy patients. The hospital’s pharmacy is also new, and new furniture was also bought in the spaces for the medical personnel”, Ando declared.

In the next period, the new hospital will also be equipped for spending time in a pleasant way, such as the purchase of televisions for all the lounges.

Funding for the Radiotherapy department of the new hospital

At the same time, the County Council is looking for funding to build a Radiotherapy department in the new hospital.

In the old Oncology building, other medical services will be relocated, such as palliative care – a department that was left without its headquarters in the town of Ghioroc following an earthquake in 2023.

The Oncology Hospital was set up in a completely rehabilitated historic building with 13 million lei funding granted through PNDL, the difference of three million lei being provided by the County Council. It has an area of ​​approximately 3,500 square meters, 50 beds for continuous hospitalization and three beds for day hospitalization.

At the time of completion of the works, the representatives of SCJU Arad said that the new treatment unit was absolutely necessary, given that the old building in which the Oncology Department still operates is retroceded.