Training in Sweden

Yesterday I travelled to Stockholm, Sweden. I then took a taxi to Västeras. I have been invited to train two urologists from the Public Hospital in Västeras in the use of the new 120 watt Greelight HPS. I had dinner with Dr. Botan Hawas, head of the department of urology and an extremely pleasant man, and we had a chance to discuss the characteristics of this technique thoroughly.

This morning we started at 8 am and we have operated three patients. The first patient was a relatively easy case with a small prostate and he has been the first patient to be operated with the HPS in Scandinavia.


Then we did an 80 gram prostate with a very prominent median lobe, very interesting and with a big educational value. Finally we operated a patient with an advanced prostate cancer that was catheterised. We will do two more cases tomorrow before I return to Madrid.

The hospitals in Sweden are very different from Spanish hospitals, they have a very pleasant decoration, with large living rooms where patients and doctors can sit down to have a coffee. This must make patients feel at home during their hospital stay!!