Visit by Director of The Polyclinic “Atrium” Prim. Dr. Mirsad Djugum, 02. 04. 2014.

PRIM. DR. M. DJUGUM: CLINIC ‘ATRIUM’ IS THE OLDEST PRIVATE MEDICAL INSTITUTION IN FIELD OF GENERAL MEDICINE IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, April 2 (ONASA) – Private clinic “Atrium” is the oldest medical institution in private property in the domain of internal medicine in Sarajevo, and was opened on 16 October 1998, Director of the Polyclinic “Atrium” Prim.Dr. Mirsad Djugum said for ONASA.
“A lot of effort, energy and education was invested throughout years in order to meet the demands of our 20,000 patients and the market. Clinic now has six full time employed doctors, four specialists including two masters of medicine, graduated engineers of laboratory diagnostics, and graduated nurses,” Djugum said.
He added that the main activity of the clinic is general medicine and that they possess complete equipment for the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases from catheterization to surgery.
He added that the Clinic “Atrium” was the first to launch the introduction of a system of family medicine in the private sector, and after eight years has managed to establish a legal right to authorize patients that they may opt for a family physician.
“At the Clinic we perform all kinds of systematic, managerial, sports examinations, as well as specific testing for specific occupations. Apart from the above services, the Clinic offers acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine,” Djugum said.
The director of the Clinic “Atrium” said that the Clinic has big plans for expansion and for offering a larger scope of health services, “but the inadequate position of the private sector and the monopoly of the state sector due to non-compliance with the laws by the ministries and the Health Insurance Fund (ZZO) are so large that every attempt seems so tough that it discourages the doctors.”
ONASA will soon publish a full interview with the director of the Clinic “Atrium”, Prim.Dr. Mirsad Djugum. (end)