Department of Internal Medicine

The clinic currently specializes in internal medicine disciplines, with the exception of cardiology. The main focus of professional care in the inpatient department includes diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and liver, diabetes mellitus, metabolic and nutritional disorders, obesity, kidney diseases, respiratory system diseases, vascular system diseases, intoxications, rheumatological diseases and systemic connective tissue diseases, and endocrine and immune system diseases.

Since 2012, the clinic has been located on the 2nd floor of the NLP, while the outpatient department is on the ground floor of the NLP – the New Treatment Pavilion for Internal Medicine Disciplines.

The Department of Internal Medicine is part of the Nitra University Hospital and the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra. The clinic also cooperates with other departments and clinics of FN Nitra and utilizes a wide range of laboratory diagnostics.

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About Us

Teaching Activities

The facility serves as a teaching base for the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health at Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra and for the Secondary Medical School in Nitra. It plays a significant role in the education of students in both full-time and part-time master’s and bachelor’s degree programs in nursing, as well as in the bachelor’s degree program in paramedic studies.

Teaching focused on high-quality theoretical and practical preparation of students, carried out in both the inpatient and outpatient sections of the clinic, is led by qualified staff.

Organizational Structure of the Clinic

Since September 2022, the clinic has been divided into:

Internal Medicine Section
Interventional Gastroenterology Section

Department of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine Section is divided into inpatient and outpatient sections:

Inpatient Section

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Standard Care Section – Women’s and Men’s

Outpatient Section

17 specialized outpatient clinics

Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

The ICU has 9 beds, where intensive therapeutic and preventive care is provided for acute conditions of a wide range of diseases. In particular, this includes:

digestive tract diseases preventing food intake
acute kidney failure
newly diagnosed diabetes
acute worsening of blood pressure
intoxications and similar conditions

ICU Contact:

Physician: 037/6545 290
Nurse: 037/6545 322

Inpatient Section – Standard Beds

Number of beds: 43 + 2 superior rooms (21 for women and 20 for men)

These sections provide comprehensive medical, diagnostic, and nursing care for patients who do not require acute care and who are admitted on a planned basis or transferred from other departments and clinics of the Nitra University Hospital, or from healthcare and social care facilities.

Inpatient Section Contacts:

Men’s Ward: nurse 037/6545 278 | physician 037/6545 229
Women’s Ward: nurse 037/6545 334 | physician 037/6545 548

Outpatient Section

The outpatient section is located on the ground floor of the NLP (New Treatment Pavilion).

Contacts

The area code before the extension is 037 / 6545 + extension

Head of Department	doc. MUDr. Ivan Vaňo, PhD., MPH	699
Head Physician	doc. MUDr. Peter Minárik, PhD., MPH, MBA, MSc.	636
Head Nurse	Mgr. Renáta Magulová	551
Secretariat	Miriam Jančiová	216
Clinical Pharmacology	PharmDr. Mária Göböová, PhD.	370
Men’s Ward
Nurses’ Duty Room		278
Examination Room – Physicians		229
Physicians’ Room		744
Physicians’ Room		562
ICU Nurses		322
Physicians’ Room – ICU		290
Women’s Ward
Nurses’ Duty Room		334
Examination Room – Physicians		548
Physicians’ Room		467
Physicians’ Room		350
Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic II – Internal Medicine Admissions Clinic		355
Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic II – Internal Medicine Clinic I		277
Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic II – Internal Medicine Clinic II		325
Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic III – Hypertension Clinic		230
Pulmonology and Phthisiology Outpatient Clinic		608
Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic I		405
Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic II		867
Densitometry Unit at the Rheumatology Outpatient Clinic		709
Nephrology Outpatient Clinic		866
Hepatology Outpatient Clinic		492
Clinical Pharmacology Outpatient Clinic		492
Clinical Immunology and Allergology Outpatient Clinic		959
Geriatrics Outpatient Clinic		405
Diabetology Outpatient Clinic I		355
Diabetology Outpatient Clinic II		320
Gastroenterology Outpatient Clinic		964
Angiology Outpatient Clinic –		355
Angiology Outpatient Clinic – Sonography Section		277