Comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to health care from birth through 18 years of age

Description

Barcelona Children’s Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (HSJD, www.sjdhospitalbarcelona.org/) is one of the leading medical centres in Europe and the most relevant in Spain for childhood and adolescence offering a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to health care from birth through 18 years of age. With 150 years of history, HSJD is currently a modern maternal and children’s hospital, dotted with the latest technology and referral centre for health care, combining basic general paediatric with specialized care for all tertiary-level paediatric pathologies, covering a paediatric population of 200,000 children. In 2016, HSJD attended more than 3.200 births, 238.000 outpatient visits, 25.300 in-patient admissions, 121.000 urgencies, more than 14.000 surgeries and 12,957 emergencies (representing 17% of paediatric population of Catalonia). HSJD counts with 314 beds, 134 outpatient rooms and 13 Operating rooms, operated by more than 1.700 professionals that combine the more advanced clinical, scientific and technological advances with a an humanized assistance to the patient and the family. The Hospital has pioneering units such as in oncology, cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedic surgery, foetal medicine, paediatric surgery and ophthalmology. In addition, it stands out in areas of high specialization such as psychiatry, neonatology or endocrinology, among others.