Support to the development of vascular surgery of the UH CCBL

Czech company “Vexim” donated ATC device, a set of vascular instruments, micro-vascular set of instruments, and a set of instruments for AV fistula, auto-transfusion system, infusion pumps and VAC systems for vascular surgery. The donation is worth about 60,000 Euros and will be used by the Clinic of Vascular Surgery of the University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka. University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka on two occasions received valuable equipment from the Czech Republic, ranging from ultrasound, universal set of retractors and surgical instruments up to a very important medical equipment in this donation.

Support of the Czech Government to the development of vascular surgery in B&H began eight years ago, on the basis of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Development Agency, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Srpska, University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka, the Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo and the General Hospital in Foca, which defined the project ” Support to capacity building and technical assistance for vascular surgery in Bosnia and Herzegovina”.  Donation by the company “Vexim” is a part of the project ” Support to capacity building and technical assistance for vascular surgery in Bosnia and Herzegovina””, that is implementing  after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Development Agency, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Republic of Srpska, University Hospital Clinical Centre Banja Luka, the Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo and the General Hospital in Foca.

The finishing touch of Project of Czech Government and entrepreneurs aimed at the development of vascular surgery was this donation of medical equipment. Equipping the operation theatres was preceded by the vocational training of six vascular surgeons and nurse of the Clinical Centre Banja Luka in the most prestigious hospitals considering this field of medicine in Brno and Prague, in a country that is known for its vascular surgery. Due to the fact that blood vessel diseases are very common, it is important to invest in knowledge and technical capacities in order to keep up to date on the latest developments.

During the first cycle of education in the Czech Republic all specialists in vascular surgery of the University Hospital Clinical Canter Banja Luka, six of them and a nurse were trained. Our doctors were extremely satisfied with the quality of training and education in the Czech Republic, as well as with new technologies and procedures that they had an opportunity to not only see, but also to adopt. During the second cycle under the Project our two young doctors, residents in vascular surgery were educated regarding the endovascular surgery during a two-week training, which took place in November this year. Plans of our vascular surgeons are directed towards further development and improvement of endovascular surgery, which is known as a very demanding branch of surgery that requires a lot of patience and investing.