Overview
- Hospital Ascires held its official inauguration on Tuesday and says a phased opening in previous months has already seen about 60,000 patients treated by a team of roughly 250 professionals.
- The project cost more than €125 million with over €40 million spent on advanced medical technology, and the hospital houses seven operating rooms including a hybrid operating theatre the group describes as unique in Europe.
- Ascires highlights integrated high‑end imaging in the hybrid OR—3T MRI, CT, an image robot for interventional radiology, intraoperative nuclear medicine equipment and a digitally connected surgical table—plus an advanced X‑ray robot to shorten procedures and reduce patient movement.
- The centre is running a pioneering European clinical trial using focused ultrasound to treat severe obsessive‑compulsive disorder, a minimally invasive study reported to involve six patients so far.
- Ascires positions the hospital as a regional innovation hub with university partnerships, patient‑centred services such as a School of Prostheses and ostomy‑adapted bathrooms, and political and academic backing from about 200 invited representatives at the inauguration.