During 2024, the Clinical Cardiac Surgery Service recorded a record number of open heart interventions. And thanks to the renovations that have taken place in this unit, possibilities have been created to increase the number of more complicated surgeries for patients.
The infrastructural improvements that took place last year have increased the number of beds in the intensive care unit, but also in the entire clinic, says the director of the Cardiosurgery Clinical Service, Shpejtim Shurdhiqi.
According to the UCCK cardiologist, with the creation of conditions, the number of open heart surgical interventions has already increased.
“It has been an extremely successful year for the cardiac surgery clinical service. During the year 2024, we managed to renovate the clinic as a whole, which has created a good space for all the staff, especially for the patients. What is important is that the number of beds in the intensive unit has been increased, the number has increased from 4 to 10 beds, while the number of beds in the ward has increased from 14 to 17. So this increased space, the renovations of the top floor have caused us to have an increased activity of surgical interventions in our ward.. we managed to increase this number of surgeries significantly, while 6-7 surgeries were performed within week, we have now managed to bring this number to 10, while we also have urgent or emergency cases throughout the week. This has greatly influenced the gradual reduction of the waiting list, which I think in the future, this number of the waiting list will be further reduced”, says Shurdhiqi.
