IN2 group has donated a total of €25,000 to hospitals for improved healthcare, as part of the socially responsible project In2TheHeart. The programme selects and funds projects aimed at improving patient care in Croatian hospitals, and is conducted as part of the traditional IBIS dani conference organised by IN2 group.
Conference visitors, including numerous healthcare workers, decide which projects receive financial support. Five hospital projects made the final selection this year, and the prize fund was divided among three winning projects. Ivan Gabrić, President of the Management Board of IN2 group, highlighted the importance of this decision-making method, which directs funds to where healthcare professionals identify them as most needed.
The first prize of €12,000 was won by Dr. Josip Benčević General Hospital in Slavonski Brod, where approximately 900 babies are born annually. The hospital uses the BiliCocoon device for the treatment of neonatal jaundice, which allows phototherapy to be conducted alongside the mother. The prize will enable the purchase of a second device, thereby reducing waiting times for therapy.
The second prize of €8,000 was awarded to the Psychiatric Hospital for Children and Adolescents in Zagreb, where neurofeedback is used to treat ADHD, attention and concentration difficulties, anxiety, and emotional and behavioural disorders. This is a non-invasive method that monitors brain wave activity in real time using EEG. Approximately 20,000 children are examined at this hospital each year.
Third place and a prize of €5,000 was won by the General Hospital in Virovitica for a portable ultrasound for use during haemodialysis treatment. Haemodialysis lasts four hours, two to three times a week, for years, and patients with terminal renal failure cannot survive without it. There are 38 patients on haemodialysis at the Virovitica department, and treatment for each begins at an arteriovenous fistula. Doctors must examine the fistula with ultrasound, but the device is located far from the dialysis room, so the portable ultrasound brings the examination directly to the bedside.
