It Virgen del Rocío . University Hospital reappears as one of the best general hospitals in the world ranking which the magazine prepares every year News Week. In particular, it stands out for the special assistance provided by professionals from eight units: Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Oncology, Endocrinology, Pediatrics, Neurosurgery, Digestive System, Orthopedics and Pulmonology

The data collection period to prepare for this relationship spanned from June to August this year, and public and private health centers were assessed. more than 20 countries. This classification is called World’s Best Specialist Hospital 2023and others 40,000 health professionals, among doctors, hospital managers and other healthcare professionals, have participated in a survey that has validated these results along with the company Statista, according to the hospital center in a press release.

Ranking includes Top 300 hospitals in Cardiology and Oncology, top 200 in Pediatrics, top 150 in Cardiac Surgery and Endocrinology and top 125 in Gastroenterology, Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Urology and Pneumology. And for the second year, Newsweek and Statista has developed a list of hospitals that make the most use of the most advanced technology.

It also includes a section World’s Best Smart Hospital 2023which ranks 300 facilities in 28 countries that are leading in the use of artificial intelligence, digital imaging, telemedicine, robotics, and electronic capabilities.

Since its founding in 1933, ‘Newsweek’ magazine has reported on advances in medicine, science and health promotion. The 2022 edition has involved more than 2,200 health institutions from a total of 27 countries: United States, Germany, Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Canada, India, Australia, Mexico, Netherlands, Austria, Thailand, Switzerland. , Sweden, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Colombia.

The same publication, last March, was presented another rank in which 80,000 healthcare professionals from more than 25 countries participated. Then, Virgen del Rocío stands out among the top 200 hospitals in the world and is ranked eleventh in Spain for its commitment to excellence, specialist prestige, care and use of cutting-edge technology, among other parameters. It was also designated as the first in the Andalusian autonomous community.

University Hospital Virgen del Rocío, one of the largest public health centers in the country where more than 9,500 people work, also stands out for the volume of activity of its professionals: they attended more than 1.1 million specialized consultations, 300,000 emergencies, 42,000 operations, 450 transplants , 5,000 deliveries, 17 million analytical determinations and nearly 650,000 radiological studies each year.