Zagreb is getting a “smart” hospital in the city center

The Children’s Hospital Srebrnjak is soon becoming a “smart” – energy self-sustainable hospital with a Competence Center for Translational Medicine that will connect clinical practice and scientific research, develop personalized therapies, smart drugs, and introduce new technologies.

The energy self-sustainability project at Srebrnjak was presented on Tuesday along with the project for the construction of the translational center at that location, both of which will be financed from EU funds amounting to approximately 60 million euros.

– Srebrnjak is becoming a “smart” hospital in a “smart”, environmentally conscious Zagreb, emphasized Mayor Milan Bandić, who attended the presentation of new projects at Srebrnjak together with Dutch Ambassador Ellen Berends, Eindhoven Mayor Rob Van Gijzel, and Assistant Minister of Health Dragan Korolija Marinić.

Construction will begin in the first half of next year on 18,000 square meters of hospital land, and the implementation project for the construction of the Competence Center for Translational Medicine is currently underway. Srebrnjak is also building apartments for parents, six operating rooms, a rehabilitation center, and two therapy pools. The hospital will be equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostics, CT, MR, and a research laboratory, with an emphasis on polyclinics, day hospitals, and outpatient surgery. It will be equipped with infrastructure, such as ground probes and collectors, that meet all ecological standards for materials and the environment.

As reported by the media, this is a large structural project that will ultimately provide better and higher quality services to the satisfaction of young patients and their parents, emphasized the hospital director Boro Nogalo at the presentation, while Mayor Bandić stated that “by creating an energy and environmentally friendly green hospital, the City of Zagreb is proving its excellence in European projects.”

Guests from the Netherlands also attended the presentation, as the Dutch city of Eindhoven is involved in the project, whose Maxima Medical Center is a sister hospital to Srebrnjak. This, Bandić asserted, is a good starting point for establishing friendly relations between Zagreb and Eindhoven.

The project has been realized with three ministries – health, science, and regional development, and the project holder is the City Office for Health.