Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital

The Healthcare Institution "Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital" is the largest multidisciplinary hospital in the region, providing highly qualified specialized medical care (both emergency and elective) to residents of the Gomel Region, the city of Gomel, as well as to foreign citizens.

The hospital includes 23 specialized clinical departments, a maternity hospital, an outpatient consultative clinic, 12 modern treatment, diagnostic and auxiliary medical units, and a regional emergency medical care center.

The medical staff of the Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital has extensive experience in the provision of specialized care. The hospital operates 1,031 beds, enabling the treatment of approximately 35,000 patients annually. In addition, more than 15,000 different surgery procedures are performed each year. The outpatient consultative clinic provides access to 27 medical and pedagogical specialties, serving over 150,000 patients. The maternity hospital welcomes more than 2,000 births each year.

The hospital is equipped with advanced medical technology, ensuring high standards of diagnosis and treatment. Safe and comfortable conditions are created for both patients and medical staff.

The Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital serves as a clinical base for several departments of Gomel State Medical University: Department of Surgical Diseases No. 2, Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation, Department of General and Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Department of Otolaryngology.

Main medical services:

• orthopedics, traumatology, complicated trauma;
• plastic surgery;
• urology, remote shock wave stone fragmentation, andrology;
• neurosurgery (vertebrology);
• phlebology;
• general surgery, purulent surgery, surgical endoscopy;
• maxillofacial surgery and dentistry;
• Ultrasound, CT, angiography, radiology, functional diagnostics, isotope diagnostics, laboratory.

Departments of the Healthcare Institution “Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital”

Neurosurgical Department

Neurosurgical Department No. 2 (Department of Vertebrology and Spinal Surgery) was established on October 1, 2015. In the Gomel Region, the first spinal surgery was performed on May 20, 1980.

The department for 40 beds is located on the third floor of the main building of the Gomel Regional Clinical Hospital. The department premises were renovated in 2015 according to the principles of a "barrier-free environment" for patients with limited mobility.

The department performs surgical interventions on all parts of the spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar). Since 2013, hundreds of spine surgeries have been performed at the regional clinical hospital.

Surgical interventions performed in the department:

• surgical interventions for spinal fractures;
• surgical interventions for degenerative diseases of the spine;
• operations for tumors, inflammatory spondylopathy, congenital spinal pathology.

Surgical Department

The surgical department performs a wide range of surgical procedures in three spacious operating theatres equipped with state-of-the-art high-tech medical equipment: two laparoscopic complexes (Karl Storz), an electric knife and electrocoagulator (Soring - MBC), an ultrasonic dissector for laparoscopic and open surgeries (Autosonix), an ultrasonic dissector for liposuction (Sonoca), a computer-assisted electrocoagulator for open and laparoscopic surgeries (LigaSure), which enables the performance of minimally invasive and organ-preserving surgical interventions.

• the whole range of videolaparoscopic operations on abdominal organs;
• surgical treatment of thyroid diseases and congenital malformations (median and lateral cysts of the neck);
• modern tension-free and laparoscopic methods of surgical treatment of hernias of the anterior abdominal wall and diaphragmatic hernias;
• reconstructive surgeries on the stomach, bile ducts, pancreas;
• the whole range of minimally invasive interventions for varicose veins, including laser coagulation, miniphlebectomy, sclerotherapy;
• plastic surgery, including ultrasound liposuction of problem areas and abdominoplasty.

Urology Department, Department of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

The department provides modern diagnostic and treatment services for urological diseases in both adults and children.

Each year, more than 3,000 patients receive highly qualified treatment care, with approximately 3,000 operations performed annually.

The department offers a wide range of urological surgical interventions, including the treatment of congenital disorders of the genitourinary system. Minimally invasive surgical techniques are widely used.

Due to the availability of a Lithoskop system, up to 70% of patients with urolithiasis are are successfully treated without surgical intervention using extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL).

The department’s specialists have completed internships in Germany, Japan, and Italy.

The inpatient unit offers 2 single rooms with enhanced comfort.

The department was established in 1970 on the basis of the First Soviet Hospital with 20 beds. Prior to that, specialized beds were part of the neurosurgical department. Since 2002, the department has been headed by the doctor of the highest category V.I. Sannikov.

The team of the maxillofacial surgery and dentistry department specializes in the treatment of injuries, purulent-inflammatory diseases, congenital pathologies, and benign formations of the maxillofacial region.

Over the past five years, the department's doctors have authored and published eight scientific papers and implemented three innovation proposals. Advanced diagnostic and treatment methods for congenital maxillofacial disorders, as well as reconstructive surgery of the facial skeleton are actively applied.

The department is the only one in the Gomel Region.

Otolaryngology Department

The department provides both elective and emergency medical care. The department’s specialists conduct consultations for patients in the regional outpatient consultative clinic and hospital departments, as well as offer telemedicine consultations to healthcare facilities across the region.

The department is equipped with modern medical equipment and advanced diagnostic and treatment facilities.

Every year, the otolaryngology department treats 1,900 - 2,000 patients, performs over 1,500 surgical interventions (including cosmetic surgeries), and more than 100 high-tech operations.

The department provides elective and emergency assistance to foreign citizens.

Traumatology and Orthopedic Department

The department is designed for 70 beds and includes both standard wards and enhanced-comfort rooms. There are two operating theatres equipped with modern medical, diagnostic, and surgical equipment.

The department also has an arthroscopic stand and an EOP (electron-optical converter), sets of instruments and implants for intramedullary osteosynthesis with blocking for surgical treatment of fractures of the femur, tibia and humerus, installation instruments for total hip and knee arthroplasty, as well as implants and special instruments for surgical treatment of pelvic bone fractures, electro- and endoscopic equipment.

Each year, the department performs more than 1,500 surgical interventions, including about 250 hip replacements and over 100 knee replacements.

The Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Military Field Surgery of Gomel State Medical University was opened on the basis of the department. The doctors of the department have made and implemented more than 200 rationalization original proposals, many of which are, in fact, inventions.

6 patents for inventions (utility models) were received, formulas of 2 inventions were published, 2 monographs were issued: “Emergency and Urgent Care for Severe Pelvic Injuries”, “Complex Pelvic Injuries. What to Do?”. More than 150 works were published.

The doctors of the department have defended 1 doctoral dissertation, with 1 candidate dissertation currently in preparation. The medical staff includes 4 specialists of the highest qualification category in orthopedics and traumatology.