|  Central Eastern Europe : Poland
University Children's Hospital of Krakow - As a part of its 50th anniversary campaign, Project HOPE will upgrade the Pediatric Neonatal Unit at the University Children's Hospital in Krakow (UCH) - formerly known as the Polish-American Children's Hospital - and prepare UCH to serve as a training platform to raise the neonatal and other pediatric capabilities of selected hospitals in Central and Eastern Europe.
Timeline
| 1974 |
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Project HOPE is invited to assist the Polish-American Children's Hospital - now University
Children's Hospital of Krakow - to create education programs for health professionals serving a
the hospital
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| 1975 |
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Completion of a medical research facility adjacent to PACH |
| 1988 |
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A 240-bed rehabilitation center is completed as part of PACH |
| 1990 |
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HOPE helps establish a 16-bed center for newborns including a 4-bed intensive care unit for
premature infants at PACH |
| 1996 |
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HOPE and PACH celebrate the completion of the Clement J. Zablocki Ambulatory Care Center,
consecrated by Pope John Paul II; Managers for Reform of Polish Healthcare Program begins
encompassing strategic planning, human resources, financial management, operations
management, health policy, and other related topics |
| 1998 |
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Breast cancer awareness campaign for physicians, nurses, educators, psychologists, social
workers, and breast cancer survivors begins |
| 1999 |
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Project HOPE assists in the development of a Pediatric Gasteroenterology Clinic through the
training of gasteroenterology specialists; Multidisciplinary Care of the Special Child and Family
project begins training health professionals who work with handicapped children ad their families |
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