Debrecen4U March 26, 2025

New gastroenterology clinical unit opened at the Kenézy Gyula Campus

The department primarily treats patients with pancreatic and biliary tract diseases. The establishment of the special department will enable a higher level of patient care than before. The management of the Clinical Center was informed on site about the activities of the new unit on Monday.

“The main goal of the integration of the clinical system is to increase the quality of patient care, clarify patient pathways and ensure uninterrupted professional development. The establishment of the new department of the Gastroenterology Clinic on the Kenézy Gyula Campus fits perfectly into this concept. The creation of the new unit is a good example of how different professional groups and professional activities can be separated within a given profession in order to provide even more efficient healing work and the highest quality patient care. This happened in this case as well, since the Kenézy Gyula Campus primarily treats diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract, while other areas of gastroenterology appear on the Nagyerdei Campus, “  President of the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen,Professor Zoltán Szabó told hirek.unideb.hu.

In 2021, the first independent Gastroenterology Clinic was established in Hungary on the Nagyerdei Campus of the Clinical Center of the University of Debrecen. The clinic’s professional profile covers the whole spectrum of adult gastroenterology, treating patients with diseases of the digestive tract, pancreas, biliary tract and liver. The clinic’s new, twenty-bed Pancreatobiliary and Operative Gastroenterology Department began operating on the fifth floor of the central building of the Kenézy Gyula Campus. A four-bed specialty-specific ward has also been established in the department.

“The Gastroenterology Clinic sees around three hundred patients a year for acute pancreatitis.  These patients will now be treated in the new department. The creation of the new unit will allow new endoscopic interventional procedures to be introduced in the treatment of these diseases. In addition to acute pancreatitis, the majority of patients with various biliary tract diseases will also be treated here, if they require endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP),” Professor and Director of the Department of Gastroenterology at the University of Debrecen Clinical Centre,  Mária Papp said.

The Medical Vice President of the Clinical Centre and Director of the Gastroenterology Clinic added that the expansion of inpatient care was necessary because of the increasing number of gastrointestinal cancers in Hungary and our region. For example, in the order of the most frequently diagnosed tumours, colon and rectal cancer (colorectal cancer) is in second place, pancreatic cancer is in fifth place, followed by stomach cancer and liver cancer. At the same time, inflammatory bowel diseases and chronic liver diseases are becoming more common.

A new specialised outpatient clinic, the Pancreatic Diseases Outpatient Clinic, will soon be opened in connection with the work of the inpatient unit. This specialised outpatient clinic will follow up patients with pancreatitis. These check-ups are necessary because there is a risk of developing diabetes, sepsis, cardiovascular problems and tumours, which can be prevented and treated in time with careful medical supervision.

Major developments are also underway in the Endoscopy Laboratory of the Gastroenterology Clinic at the Kenézy Gyula Campus. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examinations are now also available here.

Specialist services at the Gastroenterology Clinic are by referral and pre-registration is required, details of which can be found on the clinic’s website.

Source and photo credit:dehir.hu