Description (EN): Common challenge of the programme area jointly tackled by the projectThe reduced health care spending (under Eu average 8,5%) in both countries,obsolete medical equipment, old and improper buildings,lack of interconnected emergency response service on one hand and on the other hand, currently, the quality of health care services is higher in Hungary,which results in health care migration between the two countries–mainly from Romania to Hungary,are common territorial challenges on the Romanian-Hungarian cross-border.The need to have in Timisoara a building whose destination is from the beginning a clinic of obstetrics-gynecology and neonatology,as well as the reconstruction/rehabilitation of some morally outdated spaces,in which clinics in Szeged are performing important activities vital for obstetrics-gynecology and intensive care in neonatology and to replace old medical equipment or to fill it where it is missing,has determined the doctors of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital Pius Brinzeu Timisoara-ECCHT,Clinic Gynecology Obstetrics and Pediatric(neonatology health department) and the Clinic of Obstetrics-Gynecology belonging to the University of Szeged, to unite their efforts and to support each other.Thus they initiated together with the Timis County Council the BABYROHU project.Romanian and Hungarian physicians have specialized competencies in the same fields but complement each other so they considered that through this project they would improve their knowledge by exchanging experience in the medical field,analyzing the legal framework,including the cross-border directive health and the development of medical protocols (those lacking ).The new knowledge acquired through this project will be applied to improve the medical services offered and will be transferred to doctors of other specialties,including family doctors.With the help of new knowledge acquired, specialist doctors will help family doctors to raise awareness of the need for access to preventive and treatment medical services in dissemination actions (based on the results of exchanges of experience),both in the communities in Timis County and in the two clinics from Szeged within meetings for pediatricians and for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology meeting for professionals.Therefore,the joint proposed actions will tackle the improvement of medical infrastructure,purchase of new medical equipment and soft elements ensuring the exchange of experience, knowledge and information common medical protocols and also information of the population.Overall objective of the project and the expected change made to the current situation Project overall objective is: IMPROVING PREVENTION AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE OBSTETRICS-GYNECOLOGY AND NEONATOLOGY SERVICES FROM HUNGARIAN-ROMANIAN CROSS BORDER AREA, THROUGH A STRATEGIC APPROACH BY INVESTING IN MEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT AND IMPLEMENTING SOFT MEASURES RESULTED FROM COLLABORATION AND KNOW-HOW EXCHANGE IN ORDER TO REDUCE HEALTH INEQUALITIES AMONG POPULATION.Project specific objectives are:1.Ensure preventive and curative health care services across the eligible area by building and equipping a new obstetrics–gynecology clinic in Timisoara,reconstructing and endowing with professional equipment of the two health departments in Szeged;2.Harmonization and improvement of cross-border medical staff capacity through experience exchange(know-how) in order to provide better health care services (preventive and curative in Timis and Csongrad with impact in all eligible area;3.Increase accessibility to specialized health care services by providing transparent information and involving a wider range of population.New and reconstructed/rehabilitated infrastructure,modernized equipment improved knowledge base and networking between the Clinics Of Timisoara and Szeged,are needed in order to improve the treatment results for women and babies. Informing the population through the dissemination of project results will help increase access to medical services.The expected changes after the successful implementation of the project activities will result in improved infrastrastructure and better medical expertise and finally in improved health care services in the field of obsterics-gynecology and neonatalogy in the cross-border area.Main outputs and main beneficiares:Through the analysis of the problems and needs in the border region we proposed an integrated set of activities/main outpus to be undertaken in order to reach the formulated objectives:Public procurement of the design services and elaborated planning documentation;Public procurement for construction works for the Emergency Clinical County Hospital "Pius Brinzeu",Obstetrics-Gynecology Clinic Bega and reconstruction for the University of Szeged, the Perinatal Intensive Care Unit of the Pediatric Clinic and Child Health Care and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Construction and reconstruction/rehabilt. works for the mentioned health departments; Public procurement of the medical equipment and furniture; Jointly elaborated work plan,with topics,timetable,responsible for all the exchanges of experiences (know-how): Specialized medical themes,in Videoconferences(27) and direct meetings (9),Analysis of legislative framework, including Directive 2011/24/EU on patient’s rights in CB healthcare,Medical protocols; Joint training for putting into service the medical equipment; Analysis and harmonization of the therapeutic protocols from RO and HU in the obstetrics-gynecology and neonatology field, in order to develop the common cooperation framework;Elaboration of common medical protocols,taking into account Directive 2011/24/EU;Final version of the cooperation agreement; Meetings with population in rural communities in Timis County to disseminate information and educate the population (prevention,babies care,pregnancy care,awarenness );Profesional meetings in Szeged.Project promotion and publicity.Launching and closure of project. Target groups of the project:local public authorities,regional public authorities,national public authority,infrastructure and (public) service provider,higher education and research,General public.Approach taken and why is cross-border approach needed:Women's health(at all stages of the age)and the child and their illnesses,including higher mortality compared to other EU countries,are problems facing both countries. What is new/original about the project: New O-G clinic in Timisoara, with FIV health department. Common pacients database.Directive 2011/24/EU analysed.Information and education of population,through dissemination.
Read more Expected Outputs (EN): 1. For the new construction in Timisoara and reconstructing in Szeged, feasibility study and technical projects will be purchased and elaborated.
2. Construction works for the new Clinic in Timisoara with 13 health departments, reconstruction/rehabilitation works for the high security care unit of the Perinatal Intensive Care Unit of the Pediatric Clinic and Child Care Health Center and for the Operating Theatre of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, purchasing and developing the works, for the 2 health departments.
3.Medical equipment and furniture for the Clinic in Timisoara and medical equipment for the Pediatric Clinic and the Clinic for Obstetrics-Gynecology and the in Szeged, purchased.
4. Joint exchanges of experience for medical staff (3 levels) performed in Timisoara and in Szeged, (Total 9), including monthly video-conferences (Total 27). Participants will be doctors specialized in obstetrics - gynecology and neonatology, nurses from obstetrics-gynecology and neonatology, family doctors, students,other doctors.
-During the physician's exchanges of experiences, will be approached the followings: specialized medical themes, analysis of legal framework, including Directive 2011/24/EU on patient’s rights in CB healthcare and the resulting conclusions, taking conclusions for policy makers- to sustain medical programs; medical protocols.
-All joint experiences will be posted on social media (date, theme, summarys etc).
-A common database of patients from the intensive care health department of
Timisoara and Szeged will be developed, which will compare the frequency of certain pathologies.
-Conclusions will be drawn up to be communicated between family doctors and used for information of the population.
5. Disseminated information in meetings with population organized and carried out in several areas of Timis County at the one hand, and at the other hand medical meetings in the Pediatric Clinic and Obstetrics-Gynecology Szeged.
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