How can you look after your health, prevent complications and recognise possible risks in time? The Health Day, held on Thursday 19 November at Jihlava Hospital, will offer the answers. The public is welcome from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the corridor connecting the Internal Medicine and Diagnostic pavilions. This year's event focuses on World Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day.
As part of World Pressure Ulcer Prevention Day, one of the main topics of this year's Health Day will be pressure sores. Healthcare staff will advise on how to treat wounds and prevent pressure ulcers at home. Visitors will gain practical information they can use when caring for their loved ones as well as for their own health.
Attention will also be paid to skin cancer prevention. Those interested can have their moles checked and learn more about prevention options. Doctors will be available in three outpatient clinics. Specialists will also advise on mammography screening and the prevention of other cancers.
The programme will offer a number of other preventive activities. Visitors can have their cholesterol and blood glucose levels measured, find out their blood group or learn more about blood and bone marrow donation. Staff from the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care will demonstrate basic first aid, and an epidemiology nurse will show how to wash and disinfect hands properly.
Nutritional therapists will measure visitors' muscle mass using a bioimpedance scale and give nutritional advice. There will also be counselling for smokers and information on options for managing urinary incontinence. Expectant mothers will get useful tips for childbirth, for example on preparing for it and on pain-relief techniques. Our volunteers are also looking forward to meeting you.
“The Health Day is an opportunity to focus on prevention and get practical advice from experts in various fields of healthcare. We want to show visitors that they can take care of their health every day and that early prevention is very important,” says Ing. Alexander Filip, Director of Jihlava Hospital.
The Health Day takes place on Thursday 19 November 2026 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the corridor between the Internal Medicine and Diagnostic pavilions of Jihlava Hospital. Admission is free. We look forward to seeing you!
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