Emergency Services Developing in Kecskemét10 February 2010
Emergency care units in 26 hospitals in Hungary will be developed to meet European standards and evolve into modern centres by investing a total of 12 billion HUF made available within the framework of the New Hungary Development Plan. One of these is the Bács-Kiskun County Municipal Hospital, i.e., the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Szeged operating in Kecskemét, which institution was granted EU funding amounting to over 560 million HUF for developing emergency care services.
The most relevant aim of the call for applications announced by the National Development Agency and aimed at increasing the efficiency and improving the quality of emergency care services involves developing the infrastructure of emergency care services in hospitals by creating new emergency care units, upgrading existing ones, or developing these into higher standard units.
A modern, integrated and standardised patient care system, as well as centres will be set up concurrently to developing existing systems in order to increase the efficiency and quality of emergency care services. The projects envisaged will improve access to services, alongside increasing the feeling of security and life chances of the population.
The quality of services and working conditions will improve in the hospital operating in Kecskemét as an outcome of this project. Modern equipment and conditions will be provided in a child-friendly environment for children in need of emergency care. Access to services will be ensured around the clock to improve life chances. Emergency units providing ongoing services and operating on the basis of a single gate entry system will be set up alongside integrated care and emergency care services by integrating various service levels. Modern infrastructure development, as well as the procurement of diagnostic, therapeutic and other equipment is equally a part of this project, as is ensuring full handicap access to the building.
Developing info-communication systems and setting up a dispatch system is also a key component of this investment to be able to ensure better and faster access to services.