MUDr. Petr Zeithaml, MD, Chief of Medicine, and the Day Care Centre on What's Your Health

30. 6. 2025

Overnight surgery is experiencing dynamic development in the Czech Republic and the Rehabilitation Hospital Beroun together with the Hořovice Hospital are among its leaders. In a CNN Prima News report, broadcast as part of the programme What's Your Health, viewers could learn about the functioning of the Day Care Centre in the Beroun hospital and its close cooperation with the AKESO POLICLINIC in Prague's Nové Butovice. The guest of the programme was the chief physician, MUDr. Petr Zeithaml, who presented the advantages of this modern approach and described how outpatient care is effectively combined with fast and gentle surgical solutions.

Same-day surgery in practice

In its last episode, the programme What's Your Health About was dedicated to the phenomenon of same-day surgery. MUDr. Petr Zeithaml, the head of day surgery at the Rehabilitation Hospital Beroun, introduced the audience to how the whole system works in practice - from the initial indication to the patient's discharge home. The programme also included a report from the Beroun hospital, which offered a behind-the-scenes look at modern surgical care.

What is same-day surgery?

Same-day surgery is a safe, effective and patient-friendly alternative to traditional hospitalisation. Thanks to modern surgical and anesthesia procedures, a patient can undergo a procedure and return home the same day. This model significantly reduces the physical and psychological burden, shortens recovery time and increases overall comfort.

The most common procedures in day care include:

  • Laparoscopic gallbladder and inguinal hernia surgery,
  • arthroscopy of the knee, shoulder or elbow,
  • umbilical hernia repair,
  • minor hand procedures,
  • removal of larger skin and subcutaneous lesions,
  • varicose vein procedures, minor abdominal surgery and more.

What is the cooperation between AKESO POLICLINICS and the Rehabilitation Hospital Beroun?

The cooperation between AKESO POLIKLINIKA and Rehabilitation Hospital Beroun brings patients the benefits of cutting-edge medicine in a modern and gentle format. Thanks to the combination of the indication outpatient clinics in AKESO POLKLINIKA and the quality surgery in the Beroun Hospital's Day Care Centre, patients receive efficient, safe and human-friendly healthcare.

You can find out how the whole process of day surgery works in more detail in the programme What's Your Health. It will take you through the Day Care Centre and present the personal experiences of patients.