The more than 8500 employees and 1300 beds make the UMCG one of the largest hospitals in The Netherlands.
It is sometimes called ‘a city inside a city’, because of the architecture, with covered streets that lead to the
nursing units and outpatients clinics. Moreover, thousands of employees provide numerous services to even
a greater number of patients and visitors.
Each year, many symposia are organized in the hospital, with participants from abroad. There are shops, a
branch of one of the national banks, gardens, as well as lunchrooms, in order to make patients less aware
that they are in a hospital. This philosophy has led to a hospital that is unique in Europe. As an example,
Groningen University Hospital is one of the very few hospitals worldwide that perform all organ transplants.
One of the key challenges facing the University Hospital is to ensure that the facilities and patient care
are of the highest standard. In this context, all the equipment in the University Hospital must meet the e
xacting needs of both the professional staff and the patients. Thus, all equipment supplied must meet the
stringent quality criteria of the University Hospital.
Mr. K van der Wal, Chief Purchasing Officer at the University explains :" Clearly, in a large University Hospital
such as Groningen, costs are a major factor for us in all our operations, including capital equipment.
However, we will not compromise on quality
and we insist on top quality equipment in all our Departments. This philosophy has served us very well down
through the years. We are extremely pleased with the performance, reliability and durability of MERIVAARA’s
equipment. In addition, in a busy hospital environment such as ours, hospital equipment needs to be easy to
use and reliable - MERIVAARA products meet our needs exactly ".
Equipment supplied :
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- Promerix, Opera, Emergo
