Dr. Holhoș, network no. 1 in ophthalmology in Romania, opens the largest ophthalmology hospital in Transylvania, with an investment of 6 million euros
The ophthalmology network Dr. Holhoș, the largest network of medical units in Romania after the turnover and first at national level in patient preferences, opens in Alba Iulia the largest private ophthalmology hospital in Transylvania, where patients will benefit from care and surgery performed to international standards.
● Open in Alba Iulia, the new hospital was made with an investment of about six million euros and is the largest project developed so far within the network Dr. Holhoș
● Is the largest ophthalmology hospital in Transylvania, to serve patients from all over the country
● The hospital has four operating rooms performed at international standards and has a capacity of 23 beds
● To begin with, the hospital will provide ophthalmological surgery services, and will extend its area of medical services with other specialties
● Here will be performed very complex interventions of ophthalmological surgery, for which hospitalization is required
● Also, the hospital is being authorized to carry out cornea transplant operations
● With 6 clinics, 14 medical optics offices and a hospital, Dr. Holhoș is the largest ophthalmology network in Romania both according to the turnover (over 11 million euros annually) and as the number of patients and number of surgery annually.
● Dr. Teodor Holhoș, the founder of the network, performed over 5,500 ophthalmological operations last year, a record figure for this field
● Over 220,000 patients have so far passed the threshold of a Dr. Holhoș unit
Private investment of 6 million euros
Made entirely from own funds, following an investment amounting to about six million euros, the new hospital unit will be the largest ophthalmology hospital in Transylvania, with four operating rooms and 23 beds. With this inauguration, the network of medical units Dr. Holhoș completes its service palette, offering all types of surgery in the sphere of ophthalmology: refractive laser surgery (for correction of refractive vices), retina interventions, crystalline implants, implants of intraocular lenses, vitrăc. Blepharoplasty, crosslinking operations and other very complex operations, such as corneal transplant, which will be done exclusively at the new hospital in Alba Iulia.
All Clinics Dr. Holhoș offers patients with CNAS settlement consultations.
Four operating rooms at international standards
Dr. Holhoș Hospital in Alba Iulia has an operating block equipped to international standards, with air treatment plant with HEPA filter and positive pressure (over 1 atm) inside the operating rooms, thus preventing the appearance of nosocomial infections by penetrating from outside pathogenic germs.
The new unit will provide patients with 22 medical specialties, with the possibility that the palette of services will be expanded in the future: ophthalmology, pediatrics, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, vascular surgery, plastic surgery and reconstructive microsurgery, internal medicine, physical medicine, neurosurgery, ENT, Gastroenterology Metabolic/nutrition, allergology, pneumology, cardiology, gynecology, dermatology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, psychology and psychiatry and pediatric psychiatry respectively.
Currently, the works are completed, inside everything already ready. The opening for patients is provided for the next period, after obtaining the latest opinions, the first medical specialty that will be operational being ophthalmology.
In the following weeks, the other specialties will be announced and the calendar after which they are to become available.
Cornea transplant and complex surgery, at Dr. Holhoș Hospital
“As a son of this city, born and raised in Alba Iulia, I am very proud that we have managed to complete here, following some stretched efforts for several years, this project of our, which crowns almost 15 years of work for the benefit of our patients in Alba and from all Transylvania ”, says Dr. Teodor Holhoș, ophthalmologist surgeon and the founder of the ophthalmology clinic network that bears his name. “Initially, the idea of developing a private hospital started from the desire to perform ophthalmological operations that require hospitalization, such as the cornea transplant. Another reason was that, although we managed to reach a level of competence that allows us to operate very complex cases, we did not have the necessary infrastructure, respectively, I made the decision to develop a hospital with wider addressability, to host several medical specialties. ”
The opening of Dr. Holhoș hospital covers an acute need for ophthalmological patients in Transylvania, where so far no cornea transplants could be performed, as they can only be done in hospital environment, with hospitalization and the possibility of postoperative supervision of the patient. In addition, there are practically no multidisciplinary private hospitals in the area that have both operating block and hospitalization beds.
“At our hospital, patients will be able to benefit from specialized medical services without moving to Cluj or Sibiu, so access to treatments will be much easier. We will also have promotional prices, and contracts with CNAS, because we want to meet patients with everything they need, including facilitating access to the support provided by the state ”, says Dr. Holhoș.
The largest network of ophthalmology clinics in the country, no. 1 and in patient preferences
The hospital in Alba Iulia is the largest investment made so far within the network of Dr. Holhoș. With six clinics in Alba Iulia, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Turda, Mediaș and Târgu Mureș, as well as 14 medical optics offices located in localities in Transylvania, the ophthalmology clinics Dr. Holhoș are currently the largest ophthalmology network in Romania, depending on the turnover (over 11 million euros, as well surgicals performed every year. So far, about 220,000 patients have benefited from consultations, care, operations or conducted specialized investigations within Dr. Holhoș units. Only in 2024, in the clinics of the network were carried out, by Dr. Teodor Holhoș, about 5,500 ophthalmological operations.
So far, total investments in business development exceed 16 million euros.
Also, according to the study “Market of Ophthalmology Medical Services”, conducted on the basis of an online survey conducted by Reveal Marketing Research, Dr. Holhoș is the best known brand of ophthalmology clinics and the number 1 preference of ophthalmology patients.
“We were glad to receive from Zeiss the certification that we are number 1 in Romania ”, says Dr. Teodor Holhoș.
At the inauguration of the hospital, Zeiss, world leader in optics and medical robotics and partner of Dr. Holhoș in Romania, granted his partner “Most Preferred Customer” and the recognition “Highest Volume Surgery in Romania”.
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The clinics Dr. Holhoș represent the largest private network of ophthalmology clinics in Romania, with six units opened in Alba Iulia, Sibiu, Mediaș, Turda, Cluj-Napoca and Târgu Mureș, to which is added a multidisciplinary hospital in Alba Iulia and 14 medical optics offices that operate in Albiu, from Albiu, Cluj. It is also the only network of ophthalmology clinics in the country that owns three units (in Târgu Mureș, Sibiu and Cluj-Napoca) where the operation of Smile Pro is performed, the fastest and safest laser surgery in the world for the correction of myopia or myopic astigmatism, operation that is available for 2025. with plus), for the first time in Transylvania only at the clinics of Dr. Holhoș.
In the clinics of Dr. Holhoș, all surgery, including Smile Pro, are personally performed by Dr. Teodor Holhoș, based on programming. With an activity of over 20 years in ophthalmology and over 30,000 operations performed so far, Dr. Teodor Holhoș is one of the most experienced specialists in refractive surgery in Romania, being the first to carry out in Transylvania the operation of Smile Pro.
So far, about 220,000 patients have been treated in Dr. Holhoș.
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