Wiener Privatklinik

Wiener Privatklinik or WPK (English: Private Clinic of Vienna) is a private hospital in Vienna, managed by Austrian doctor Prim. Dr. Walter Ebm and KommR Dipl. KH-Bw. Robert Nikolaus Winkler .[1] The medical director is Prof. Dr. Rainer Kotz.[2]

The hospital is equipped with four operating rooms, medical imaging technology, physical therapy and medical recovery services.[3] It has nine competence centers, providing patients diagnosis and treatment in a wide variety of medical specialties: cardiovascular medicine, peripheral nerves surgery, oncology, orthopedics, sports medicine, trauma surgery, interventional radiology and microsurgery, plastic surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation and investigations in aerospace medicine.[4]

More than 300 collaborating doctors.[5]

Patients

The hospital has about 7,000 patients annually.[5] About 40% are international patients and 20% of them are Romanian.[5]

Turnover

In 2015 Wiener Privatklinik had 70 million euros in revenue.

The Academy Cancer Center

The hospital's Academy Cancer Center is one of the few medical centers in Europe that implement the concept of personalized medicine in oncology, offering patients the latest and most innovative personalized treatments against cancer, such as personalised targeted therapy and immunotherapy.[6] These therapies complete the series of classic oncology treatments (chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery).[7] The final diagnosis and treatment strategy are established following a histopathological examination of the tumor tissue.[7]

The head of Academy Cancer Center is Univ.Prof. Dr. Christoph Zielinski, one of the most respected oncologists in Europe.[7]

Care protocols

Wiener Privatklinik represents a standard in the Austrian healthcare system in terms of care protocols. All staff is certified internationally, according to the official norms ISO 9001: 2015.[3] Annual inspections are carried out to verify in detail the quality of patient care protocols, thereby ensuring strict control of hospital-acquired infections.[3]

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References
  1. Ana Maria Petcana, Spitalul austriac Wiener Privatklinik a tratat cu 40% mai mulți pacienți din România de la începutul anului, profit.ro, 21 June 2016, Retrieved 27 October 2016
  2. Wiener Privatklinik: Our Team, Retrieved 27 October 2016
  3. Maria Ionescu,Tot mai mulți români se tratează în Viena, capital.ro, 21 June 2016, Retrieved 27 October 2016
  4. Ruxandra Dumitrescu, Pacienții români aleg spitalele din Austria pentru a se trata, Revistagalenus.ro, Retrieved 27 October 2016
  5. Casota, Florin (31 July 2016). "De ce tot mai mulţi români merg să se trateze la acest spital din Viena". Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via Businessmagazin.ro.
  6. "O noua metoda de diagnosticare si tratare a cancerului, pe baza analizei ADN-ului tumoral". 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via 9am.ro.
  7. Dumitrescu, Ruxandra. "Dr. Christoph Zielinski: "Riscul de recidiva a unui cancer nu va fi niciodata zero"". Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via revistagalenus.ro.
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