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  1. 7 March, 2024

    Clínic Barcelona among the best hospitals in the world in 2024

    Mejores hospitales del mundo en 2024

    For five years, Newsweek magazine, in collaboration with Statista, has carried out a ranking to classify the best hospitals in the world, known as World’s Best Hospitals, with the aim of offering a tool to patients and families to choose the most appropriate centre for your attention. The hospital Clínic Barcelona has once again managed to be in this ranking, which includes the 250 best hospital centres in the world in 2024, improving the classification achieved last year by three positions. Thus, the centre has been able to climb from position number 63 to 59. It is also one of the best hospitals in Spain, behind only the La Paz University Hospital and the 12 de Octubre University Hospital.

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  2. 21 October, 2022

    The Clínic once again ranks in the top 3 of the public hospitals with the best reputation in Spain

    Clínic Barcelona Hospital con mejor reputacion

    As is customary at this time, the results of the Health Reputation Monitor (MRS) have already been published, a ranking that Merco has been preparing for eight years. And for yet another year, the Clínic Barcelona has been one of the most outstanding centres, managing to position itself once again as the second-best public hospital in Spain and the first in Catalonia. It is the eighth consecutive year that the Clínic has achieved second place in the ranking. The best public hospital in Spain has once again been the Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid and the top three are completed by the Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón.

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  3. 22 March, 2022

    Hospital Clínic, one more year among the best hospitals in the world in the World’s Best Hospitals

    Mejores hospitales del mundo

    For another year, Newsweek magazine, in collaboration with Statista, has produced its ranking of the best hospitals in the world, the World’s Best Hospitals, thus being the fourth time that this classification has been awarded. And for yet another year, the Hospital Clínic has been among the best hospitals in the world and in Spain. On this occasion the centre has occupied the second position of the Spanish top 3, only behind the Hospital Universitario La Paz, while the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre completed the podium in third position. Regarding the world ranking, the Hospital Clínic has occupied the 63rd position. Read more…

  4. 18 November, 2021

    Four professionals at barnaclínic+ are among the best scientists in the world

    Mejores científicos del mundo 2021

    From the year 2001, Clarivate Analytics has published their ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ ranking. It’s a list which identifies the most influential researchers in the world and to form part of it you must find yourself among the 1% of most cited authors per field and year in the Web of Science. It’s one of the most prestigious classifications among the international academic and scientific community. And on this list of the best scientists in the world 2021 once again there are four professionals at barnaclínic+: Dr. Josep Dalmau, Dr. Ramon Estruch, Dr. Francesc Graus and Dr. Eduard Vieta.

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  5. 15 June, 2021

    The Hospital Clínic Group is the first centre in Spain to have a digital gamma camera

    Gammacámara digital

    In the study of disease, imaging tests are of great value. Both in the diagnosis and later when planning interventions, knowing exactly what the morphology of an organ or its functionality is like is key. For this reason, in recent years there has been a great technological effort to achieve greater precision in these tests. One of the latest technologies is the digital gamma camera, a device that has just been incorporated into the services of the Hospital Clínic Group, a pioneer in the use of this type of technology throughout Spain.

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  6. 20 May, 2021

    Hospital Clínic is the first Spanish centre to perform 1,000 living donor kidney transplants

    Primer hospital 1000 Trasplantes de donante vivo

    The Hospital Clínic is a reference centre in Spain when it comes to kidney transplants. On July 27, 1965, doctors Josep María Gil-Verat and Antoni Caralps completed the first kidney transplant in Spain. In all the time that has elapsed since then, 5,000 transplant operations have been carried out in the centre, of which 1,000 have been from a living donor, being the first centre in our country to achieve this figure. Some numbers that undoubtedly serve to highlight the transcendental role that the centre plays in our country with regard to kidney transplants.

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  7. 25 March, 2021

    The Hospital Clínic Group, pioneer and leader in robotic surgery

    Greater precision in surgery and reduced risks and complications during interventions result in better outcomes for patients. This is what robotic surgery provides, one of the great advances that technological developments in medicine have made possible in recent years. One of the centres that has made the most significant commitment to this type of surgery is the Hospital Clínic Group and barnaclínic+.

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  8. 16 February, 2021

    The AEMPS approves the use of a CAR-T therapy developed by the Hospital Clínic Group for the treatment of a type of leukaemia

    CAR-T ARI-0001 Inmunoterapia contra la leucemia

    In recent years, cancer treatment has been revolutionised by immunotherapy, an approach that uses a patient’s own immune system to attack tumour cells. The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices (AEMPS) has just approved ARI-0001, a CAR T-cell therapy (a type of immunotherapy) developed entirely by the Hospital Clínic Group, for use as a medicinal product. This is the first time that a treatment with genetically modified cells developed entirely in Europe has been approved by a regulatory agency, and it is also the first time that it has been done without the backing of a pharmaceutical company.

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  9. 29 November, 2019

    Four barnaclínic+ professionals among the best scientists in the world

    Mejores científicos del mundo - Millors científics del món

    A few days ago, Clarivate Analytics  published the Highly Cited Researchers list that identifies the most influential scientists in the world. Four professionals from barnaclinic+ medical staff are present on this list, which brings together 1% of the most cited experts in their specialties. So, among the best scientists in the world , we have doctors such as Josep Dalmau Ramon Estruch Francesc Graus  and Eduard Vieta.

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