Fakultni Nemocnice Ostrava

The University Hospital in Ostrava (FNO) is the largest state-owned medical facility in the North Moravia region of the Czech Republic, and medical care is provided to 1.2 million inhabitants. On average 46,400 patients are hospitalised annually on 1,100 beds.

The Oncology Clinic of FNO is one of thirteen formally recognised complex cancer centres in the country. The clinic undergoes regular internal and external audits, as well as state inspections, to check quality processes. The clinic operates the only CyberKnife treatment machine in the Czech Republic, with high numbers of patients treated annually. It is equipped with tracking modes relevant to STAR treatment, and members of the FNO have presented original analytical approaches to assessing accuracy (quality assurance, QA) of dynamic treatments using CyberKnife in peer-reviewed papers and international scientific meetings.

In collaboration with NPO, FNO has performed the first European STAR clinical treatment.