- The main task of the department is to conduct diagnostics and conservative treatment, in particular in the field of:
- gastroenterology – diseases of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum, liver and biliary tract, pancreas, small and large intestine together with the rectum;
- non-infectious lung diseases – COPD, asthma, pneumonia;
- cardiovascular diseases: right ventricular heart failure, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary heart;
- endocrine diseases, mainly diabetes and its complications;
- kidney diseases, including treatment of complications in dialysis patients, inclusion of patients in renal replacement therapy, treatment of severe urinary tract diseases, including urosepsis, treatment of exacerbations of renal failure;
- hematological diseases – blood treatment of secondary anemia, diagnosis and treatment of blood diseases;
- oncological diseases – diagnostics of neoplastic diseases, in particular of the digestive and hematopoietic systems, treatment of complications of chemotherapy; treatment of diseases occurring in the elderly (“multi-disease”), relieving somatic symptoms, mental support, education of the family and caregivers.
- Diagnostics in the department is carried out, in particular, on the basis of laboratory, microbiological imaging and endoscopic examinations – of the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory system.
- The tasks of the Branch also include:
- consultations in all hospital departments and entities located at the Company’s headquarters with which the Company has relevant cooperation agreements;
- conducting pre- and post-graduate didactics;
- organization and conduct of internal staff training;
- providing patients of the Department of Internal Diseases with 24-hour medical and nursing care on all days of the week;
- substantive supervision over the Endoscopy Laboratory
- ensuring by the Head of the Clinic, and if the Head is not appointed – by the Head of the Head, the proper functioning and substantive supervision over the hospital Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic and the Internal Medicine Clinic.
The Endoscopy Laboratory operates within the organizational structure of the Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Geriatrics.