Heart Center Tuzla

completed

The project consists of establishing 88-bed full-service Specialist Hospital and Heart Center (the Center) in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The total project cost is estimated to be €20.6 million. IFC was requested to provide a €4.6 million A Loan to finance part of the project. Construction for the center began nine months ago and its official opening is expected in the second quarter of 2008. The Center will have capacity for 88 beds (including 35 hospital rooms and 12 ICU beds) and will offer the following services:- Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (invasive, coronography, stent implantations, electrophysiology)- Surgical and Cardiological procedures on adults (coronary bypass, valve replacement, heart tumors, etc)- Surgeries of congenital heart disorders in children- Vascular surgery and other services included in regular health insurance (various reconstructions, lasers, varicose vein surgery, fistula, etc)- Promotion of healthThe Center will offer telemedicine capabilities as well as an education center. If appropriate and beneficial, the Center also plans to open satellite centers in the future to increase the population’s ease of access. The target market will consist of four categories of patients ranked from highest to lowest priority. Targeted patients will come from all cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina (population of 3.8 million) including but not limited to Tuzla Canton (502,000 inhabitants), Sarajevo Canton (401,687 inhabitants), and the rest of Bosnia in addition to neighboring countries that do not have their own cardiovascular clinics (e.g. Kosovo, Montenegro).