Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava branches

Above all, we care for pregnant women in the higher stages of pregnancy who have chosen our maternity hospital for childbirth. Expectant mothers get to know the environment and the staff of the maternity hospital. Ideally, the pregnant woman is transferred by the registering gynaecologist to our care until the due date.

We offer mainly screening prenatal echocardiographic examination of the fetal heart, which is performed at approximately the 20th week of pregnancy.

The ward has 6 beds with instrumentation and personnel to provide complex resuscitation and intensive care.

We run a nuclear medicine clinic. We use open radioactive emitters for diagnostic, therapeutic and research purposes.

The laboratory provides testing of erythrocyte blood groups and anti-erythrocyte antibodies in order to ensure safe hemotherapy and to determine the risk of immunohematological complications in pregnancy.

The Centre for Children with Visual Impairment provides pleoptic and orthoptic exercises for children with dullness or simple binocular vision impairment.

The Toxicology Laboratory offers organisations and private individuals the analysis of biological material for the detection and determination of alcohol and narcotic and psychotropic substances.

We operate a cardiac surgery clinic.

Operation of the outpatient part of phoniatry and speech therapy.

Operation of the uveal counselling centre.

This highly specialized intensive care unit provides comprehensive care for cardiac patients in life-threatening situations. The coronary units are equipped with modern monitoring systems, devices for artificial lung ventilation, defibrillators, counterpulsation, transport monitors.

Operation of the transplant centre. Placement of patients waiting for kidney transplantation on the waiting list, pre-transplant and post-transplant care for these patients. Performing organ procurement for transplantation from deceased and living donors. Kinship transplantation programme.