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PORTUGAL

APHP in the leadership of Medical Tourism

JANUARY 2020. The Portuguese Association of Private Hospitals (APHP), Health Cluster Portugal (HCP) and the public agencies Turismo de Portugal (the national tourist Board) and the Portuguese Trade & Investment Agency (AICEP) signed, on 18 December, a protocol of Cooperation to internationally promote medical tourism in Portugal.

The ceremony was chaired by the Minister of State, Economy and Digital Transition, Pedro Siza Vieira, with the presence of the Secretary of State for Tourism, the Secretary of State for Internationalization and the Deputy Minister of Health.

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SWITZERLAND

AMEOS Group - Donate for a good cause

JANUARY 2020 - As each year at Christmas, the AMEOS Group donated to Médecins Sans Frontières to support people in need worldwide. Dr Axel Paeger, CEO of the AMEOS Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors, handed over the donation cheque for 5,000 Swiss francs to Bertrand Michels, Philanthrophy Advisor of MSF, on Monday 16 December 2019

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Germany

HELIOS celebrates 25 years of company history

OCTOBER 2019. It all starts with four clinics in Bad Schwartau, Bochum, Volkach and Bleicherode: In 1994, vascular surgeon Dr. Lutz Helmig founded the Helios Kliniken Group, today Europe's largest private hospital group with 86 acute care hospitals in Germany alone.

For company founder Dr. Helmig, satisfied and well-treated patients have been the basic prerequisite for the success of his company right from the start: "Every single measure must lead to a reduction in the suffering for which the patient visits the hospital," according to his maxim. For Helios, the continuous measurement, improvement and publication of treatment quality will therefore be the linchpin in the acquisition of new clinics and the basis for the company's dynamic development: When Helios is sold to the healthcare group Fresenius in 2005, 24 clinics are already part of the group.

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austria

VPKA Innovation prize 2019 - Vienna Private Clinic wins "Visionen Award"

OCTOBER 2019. On 9 October the Visions Award of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals (VPKA) was presented for the third time. Within the framework of the annual VPKA Congress, outstanding forward-looking projects in private clinics are honored. This year's winner is Vienna Private Clinic (Wiener Privatklinik), which was the first clinic in Austria to adapt the innovative concept of "One Minute Training" and has since successfully implemented it. The PremiQaMed private clinics came second with videos on patient safety. 3rd place also went to Wiener Privatklinik, which developed its own training concept for nursing interns.

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