Since 2017, when the Hellenic Healthcare Group was created, it has as its central goal to develop medical care in Greece and Cyprus, covering the primary and secondary care sectors and providing 24/7 a set of health services from prevention to treatment . The HHG Group equips the hands of the most experienced doctors with the latest generation technology in order to offer with respect and dedication to man, the supreme good, health.

Metropolitan Hospital’s defining presence in the domestic medical industry

One of the main pillars of the Hellenic Healthcare Group is certainly the Metropolitan Hospital, which has now established itself as the leading medical technology and robotics center in Greece. Since it was founded in 2001 until today, it has been identified with the medical vanguard, offering comprehensive and high-quality medical care.

Having an experienced and specialized human resource of high level and deep scientific training, the hospital develops relationships of respect and trust with patients and their families, committed to offer the best possible medical and nursing services to each patient and for each health issue, through early prevention, accurate diagnosis and personalized treatment. In this context, Metropolitan Hospital ensures the creation of an excellent, safe, fair and inclusive work environment, which promotes team spirit and efficiency and aims to achieve the organization’s goals together.

At the same time, the hospital invests in state-of-the-art medical technology, applies the most modern treatments and actively supports continuous medical research and training, proceeding with the implementation of innovative educational programs. More specifically, Metropolitan Hospital and Metropolitan General are committed to the steady development of the medical community through continuous retraining and retraining of doctors. In this context, they organize special events, which include scientific lectures, seminars and workshops, covering all the latest developments in the fields of prevention, diagnosis and treatment, providing doctors with the opportunity to be informed about the most modern practices and scientific discoveries.

The wide range of services offered and modern therapeutic techniques

With the correct use of proven, modern and effective treatments and the provision of comprehensive and quality medical services, the Metropolitan Hospital aims to continue to compete deservedly and dynamically with the most reliable units at the European level. Moreover, the clinic has acquired a series of international certifications, maintaining collaborations with standard nursing centers and scientific institutions abroad.

Of course, the hospital deals with the whole range of medical branches and specialties, including hematology, dermatology, hepatology, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, orthopedics, pathology, urology, paediatrics, surgery, pulmonology etc., which specialize in the application of modern scientific methods and therapeutic techniques for which the clinic has been awarded important distinctions.

More specifically, the hospital has the first and only Intensive Care Unit for Acute Vascular Stroke in Greece, which has been certified as a “Certified ESO Stroke Unit” by the European Stroke Organization (ESO), performing thrombectomies on cerebral vessels. With this certification, the team of specialist neurologists of the Metropolitan Hospital ranks as the first in Greece and one of the leading in Europe.

It is also the only stroke unit in our country that implements the RAPID system, which allows mechanical thrombectomy to be applied up to 24 hours after the stroke. This means that it is possible for both patients inside and outside Attica to benefit the most from reperfusion operations.

At the same time, the hospital’s Robotic Urology Center has been distinguished as the first in Europe and the second in the world for the number of operations performed annually with the Da Vinci system, while the First Oncology Clinic is the only one in our country that operates on the recommendation of the Society of European Oncologists-Pathologists (ESMO).

Also, the Metropolitan Hospital is the only hospital in our country that has received the title of “Center of Excellence” (Center of Excellence) for the Mako system – a recognition held by very few medical centers worldwide – and the only one that owns the robotic system Excelsius GPS and the O-Arm II platform.

Furthermore, it is the only clinic in Greece that offers 3D MRI Based Brachytherapy, i.e. treatment for gynecological tumors guided by an MRI scanner, while at the same time, the Breast Surgery Clinic Unit was distinguished in the Healthcare Business Awards for the unobstructed, by pandemic, healing work he provided.

Additionally, the Hospital’s Hypertension Clinic was certified as a Hypertension Excellence Center by the European Society of Hypertension.

With an eye on the future

The main visionary pursuit of the creators of Metropolitan Hospital was to become a model hospital with a direct reference to people and life and the main axis is the understanding that the provision of high-level health services is not a luxury, but a need and right of every patient. The result exceeded even the most optimistic expectations of its founders.

Staying true to its philosophy and culture, as well as to the principles and values ​​that define its action, Metropolitan Hospital is constantly evolving its services and modernizing its way of operating, aspiring to always ensure people better health and a better quality of life.

Indicative of this is the fact that the hospital became the first nursing institution in Greece and the fourth in the world to receive the “Excellence in Medical Tourism” certification from the international organization Temos International. This important international distinction is due to the trust shown in the doctors and services of the Metropolitan Hospital by its patients, both from Greece and from 81 countries abroad. This certification proves in practice the pioneering nature of the hospital and the leading role it plays in medical development.

After all, every year that passes, the hospital demonstrates even more strongly and emphatically its remarkable ability to constantly adapt to modern needs and developments in the health sector, acting as an example of continuous progress and improvement, in the entire range of services provided and having always at the center of its action is the human being and his needs.