A renovated surgical center with 16 operating rooms operating permanently. A large intensive care unit and an intermediate care unit with 24-hour care, every day of the year. And a medical-surgical hospital with more than three hundred beds and permanent support from the Medical Clinic. “Safety, in a high-quality environment, is an essential indicator in the work we carry out daily and which we carry out with the highest standards at Hospital da Luz Lisboa. Whenever we enter the block with our patients, we know that we are part of a large hospital, which will respond to everything our patients need, complying with the highest international standards of quality and safety” , says Rui Maio, clinical director and director of the department. of Surgery at Hospital da Luz Lisboa. A surgeon's life is made up of routines that are very different from those of most people who work in a hospital. The days are spent inside a closed and aseptic space, performing meticulous, attentive, careful gestures that so often make the difference between life and death. Surgeons become accustomed from an early age to standing for hours at a time, during which they need to be rigorous in each movement and firmly in leading the operating team, whilst achieving high levels of concentration. “Faced with any surgical procedure, especially when they are complex, time-consuming and difficult, the surgeon demands the maximum from himself and his team but is focused on what should be the best result for his patient” , confirms Rui Maio, who adds some dozens of years of experience and dedication to pancreatic oncology surgery. The safe and high-quality environment, in terms of human and technological resources, at Hospital da Luz Lisboa “gives complete peace of mind to the general surgery team to carry out their intense activity” , says the clinical director, listing: “In addition of the block equipped with the most modern and current features, we have the support of the Hospital's intensive care and intermediate care units and an internment where the Medical Clinic is permanently located. In other words, general surgery patients always have a kind of 'double coverage': ours, from the surgeons who accompany them from the moment they enter for surgery until they are discharged, and that from the team of internists, who 'manages' the entire hospitalization. hospital. This is in addition to the support of the specialties and clinical areas available at HLL, including psychologists, nutritionists or physiotherapists. It is all of this together that creates a true environment of safety and the highest quality in the healthcare we provide” , concludes the clinical director of Hospital da Luz Lisboa. Block, ICU and Hospitalization The surgical center at Hospital da Luz Lisboa has 16 operating rooms equipped for all types of procedures, with the most modern surgical instruments necessary for all specialties involved. The innovative hybrid operating rooms stand out, one with cutting-edge equipment for neurosurgery (neuro-navigation system) and intra-operative MRI, and others with intra-operative Computed Tomography (CAT). It also integrates a smart room dedicated to minimally invasive surgery. After installing the first robotic surgery system in Portugal in 2010 — the Da Vinci Si HD — Hospital da Luz Lisboa now has the Da Vinci Xi, and today the robotic surgical technique is one of the most evolved, with surgeons at Hospital da Luz to operate this technique in more and more areas of Surgery. Robotic surgeries take place daily at the Hospital da Luz Lisboa surgical center, and its surgeons are important international references in this area. The Operating Room at Hospital da Luz Lisboa has a properly equipped post-operative recovery area and its own unit for preparing and sterilizing materials and equipment. The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Hospital da Luz Lisboa has its own permanent medical, nursing and auxiliary team, with specific training, and aids 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It has 16 centrally monitored beds, all in a single room, served by state-of-the-art monitors, ventilators and infusion and perfusion systems, with continuous recording of monitored parameters. Monitoring and infusion and perfusion systems accompany the patient on their journeys to other hospital units (for example, the Surgical Center), which increases their comfort and safety during transport. The unit offers unique security and privacy conditions for patients, who can have family support for extended periods. The ICU has spaces that allow patients to be kept in isolation and beds equipped to perform hemodialysis. The Intermediate Care unit at Hospital da Luz Lisboa also has 16 beds and is intended for patients who do not need the level of care provided in the Intensive Care Unit, but whose situation requires close and frequent monitoring. At Hospital da Luz Lisboa, hospitalization is spread across several units dedicated to acute, post-acute, continued and palliative care. Specifically, medical-surgical hospitalization is intended for adult patients of all specialties and has 312 beds. The medical clinic team directly manages each hospitalized patient, with the support of all specialties available in clinical services at HLL, and is part of the internal emergency team, on call 24/7.
