Drug counseling at VFN for free!

Are you not sure how to properly take prescribed medications, how to combine them, or are you worried about their side effects? Does it seem alarming how many medications your grandma or grandpa takes every day? Would you like to consult with an expert? Visit our clinical pharmacology clinic at the Faculty Polyclinic at Karlov náměstí 32, Prague 2, where we offer medication advice...


Our blood runs through your veins too!

On Monday, August 1, the campaign of the components of the integrated rescue system (IZS) "TO YOU IN YOUR VEINS CIRCULATING OUR BLOOD" will start, supporting blood donation. The joint action of police officers, firefighters and rescuers calls for help to Prague hospitals, which are struggling with a long-term shortage of blood supplies. In addition, the members of the IZS decided to involve the public as well. It goes without saying that VFN will be there! Blood...


Jindřich Šídlo underwent surgery with us

"Thank you very much and you have it with me!" A well-known Czech journalist, political commentator and moderator Jindřich Šídlo told our doctors and nurses at II. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, General Hospital. After several pulmonary emboli, he recently underwent a demanding operation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, during which doctors had to connect him to the extracorporeal circulation and to a key part ...


VFN Award for Young Scientists

Our hospital is full of skilled health professionals who demonstrate exceptional skills and creative thinking in their field. Last week we awarded the most talented of them in the under-35s category. The director of the VFN, prof. MUDr. David Feltl, Ph.D., MBA, based on the recommendations of the evaluation committee headed by prof. MUDr. Pavel Michálek, Ph.D., DESA, ...


The KARIM nurses shot an instructional video

Do you know what the so-called pronation position is? This is a special method of placing the patient in a prone position, which until recently was a novelty for many healthcare professionals, which they practically did not encounter. This therapeutic procedure is very demanding and is used in patients with the so-called acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). How to properly and safely store a patient in ...


Visits of patients in medical facilities

With effect from 9 July 2021, Emergency Measure No .: MZDR 1595 / 2021-6 / MIN / KAN changes the conditions for visits to a medical facility so that the visits must prove the completed vaccination against COVID-19 and the expiration of at least 14 days after the last dose of vaccine. Visits of patients in the medical facility are, in connection with the above-mentioned changes from 9.7.2021 ...