The American Hospital of Albania was established in December 2006 as the first private hospital in Albania. The Hospital started its activity based on the experience of many foreign professionals of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, to serve patients with cardiac problems in and outside of Albania and the percentage of cardiac patients leaving Albania to be treated abroad declined by 85% during the first year.
After the success in cardiology American Hospital widened its activity focusing first in general surgery, orthopedics, eye surgery and urology and expanded into the full-service organization that it is today.
Southeast Europe Equity Fund II (SEEF II) investment fund was founded in March 2006 in the wake of co-financing worth around $200 million by institutional investors from Europe and the US, as well as by Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), an investment agency of the US government, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
SEEF II (now worth $320 million) is managed by SEAF – Small Enterprise Assistance Funds which is an investment management group that provides growth capital and business assistance to numerous partners in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America etc. SEEF II owns investments in healthcare, telecom, media, and financial services sectors in Southeastern Europe with a focus on Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Serbia, Croatia.
American Hospital consists in 6 facilities 4 hospitals and 2 daily clinics, in Albania and in Kosovo and 33 departments.
American Hospital is the biggest private health institution in Albania, leader in quality and customer care satisfaction.
AMERICAN HOSPITAL GROUP – SUMMARY FACTS (numbers based on data until November 2018)
- 60,460 m² across five facilities in Albania and one in Kosovo
- More than 900,000 patient registrations and 700,695 individual patients treated from inception
- 100,359 surgical procedures from inception
- 12,200 cardiac surgery procedures from inception
- 19 operation theaters
- 400 beds, 60 ICU beds
- 145 hemodialysis chairs
- More than 2000 employees; strong management team
- 33 departments
- 24 Hour Emergency Service
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