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Medicover Hospital – hospital, located in the Warsaw district of Wilanów, opened in July 2009. EUR 40 million were invested. The facility is the largest private hospital in Poland. The building occupies an area of 16,000 m². The hospital has 8 specialist departments and 2 diagnostic and consultation centres. It is the first hospital in Poland which accepts payment in Bitcoins.

Scope of services
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Medicover Hospital provides medical services in the following areas:

•	gynaecology – prevention, diagnostics and treatment of women’s diseases (laparoscopic, endoscopic and abdominal procedures and surgeries, including excision of a cyst, removal of polyps, cervical conisation, removal of endometriosis)

•	oncological gynaecology and oncology – surgical treatment of neoplasms, including breast, ovaries, fallopian tubes, lymph nodes, thyroid, digestive tract, stomach, rectum cancer

•	pregnancy pathology – diagnostics and treatment of pregnancy endangered with premature birth or diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease

•	obstetrics – care for woman in the period of pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium

•	neonatology – supervision over the safety of newborns after birth and specialist treatment of newborns in the event of life-threatening situations, rotavirus, paediatric surgery (in particular removal of tonsils, surgery of phimosis and hernia)

•	internal diseases – diagnostics and treatment (in particular of the respiratory system infections, gastrointestinal tract infections and allergies)

•	cardiology – comprehensive diagnostics and treatment of cardiological diseases

•	interventional cardiology – treatment of ischaemic heart disease with the help of: angioplasty and stent implantation

•	general surgery – procedures and surgeries performed via laparoscopy, microendoskopy, and large surgeries connected with laparotomy

•	vascular surgery – surgical treatment of veins, aortic aneurysm, arteries (in particular carotid stenosis)

•	plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine – procedures and surgeries improving the natural look (procedures are performed on the face, breasts, body and legs)

•	orthopaedics – diagnostics and treatment of diseases and injuries of motor organs (surgeries of joints and bones, tendons and ligaments), also via arthroscopy

•	urology – diagnostics and treatment of urogenital system diseases (prostate surgeries, treatment of kidney stone)

•	otolaryngology – diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the ear, nose, pharynx and larynx (surgeries performed using endoscopy, including treatment of snoring)

•	intensive care – supervision of, care for and treatment of patients in the event of life-threatening situations

Rankings
In 2014 Medicover Hospital entered the “2014 Safe Hospital” (“Bezpieczny Szpital 2014”) ranking for the first time. It was the 11th edition of the ranking and the facility was ranked 60th. The ranking was prepared by the Quality Monitoring Centre (Centrum Monitorowania Jakości), and is published annually as an addition to the Rzeczpospolita daily http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ZXQcgYIdRuIJ:www.cmj.org.pl/ranking/wyniki_2014/index.php%3Ftyp%3Dpubliczne+&cd=1&hl=pl&ct=clnk&gl=pl.

Certificates
•	2010 – “Hospital Without Pain” (“Szpital bez bólu”) certificate awarded by the Polish Association for the Study of Pain

•	2011 – accreditation of the Ministry of Health (expires 2017-08-24)

•	2014 – title of the Best International Hospital in Poland awarded by the International Health Commission (IHC)

•	2014 – International Maternity Care Award awarded by the International Health Commission (IHC)

•	until 29 July 2014 Medicover Hospital had the certificate of the Quality Management System (ISO 9001:2008)

Comments
a.	Jump to the top↑ The PTBB (Polish Association for the Study of Pain) certificate is valid for 3 years

b.	Jump to the top↑ Awarded by the Accreditation Council (created on 16 December 2013 by Sławomir Neumann, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Health)