Vithas Xanit International Hospital

Vithas Xanit International Hospital
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Vithas Xanit International Hospital

Vithas Xanit International Hospital is located in Benalmádena (Málaga).

The hospital has another medical centre in the province of Málaga, located in Fuengirola, to bring its medical team to the town and continue offering its care with the same quality. With an area of 25,000 m2, the Vithas Xanit International Hospital has 141 single rooms, 16 ICU stations with natural light, 7 operating theatres, 2 endoscopy rooms and a haemodynamics room, a state-of-the-art surgical unit, 4 hospital floors and 51 outpatient consulting rooms.

As a teaching and medical research centre, the hospital has a convention centre with a capacity for 250 people where national and international specialist congresses are held.

The hospital also has an International Services department that offers personalised care to foreign patients in 16 languages.

Oncology and Heart Specialists

It also has more than 855 professionals, 250 of which are doctors headed by internationally renowned experts, guaranteeing a quality health service and offering patients the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advances.

The hospital offers more than 40 medical and surgical specialities​, and has two major units: Vithas Xanit Cancer Institute and the Heart Institute.

Joint Commission International

Vithas Xanit International Hospital is accredited by Joint Commission International, the most prestigious healthcare accreditation body in the world, a division of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO) that aims to improve the quality of care in the international community, providing accreditation services ​worldwide.

Technological equipment

  • Radiation therapy
  • Nuclear medicine: CT gamma camera and room for metabolic treatments
  • Haemodynamics, interventional radiology and electrophysiology
  • Coronary CT scanner
  • Digestive endoscopic ultrasound
  • Calcium scanner
  • Magnetic resonance neurography
  • Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
  • Magnetic resonance angiography
  • Multiparametric MRI for Prostate
  • Breast magnetic resonance imaging
  • Femtosecond laser for refractive surgery
  • Extracorporeal circulation for cardiac surgery

Emergencies

Vithas Xanit International A&E

Vithas Xanit International Hospital’s A&E Department provides round-the-clock emergency care for all types of emergencies, implementing the latest recommendations and internationally agreed clinical guidelines for:

  • Adult emergencies (over 14 years old)
  • Paediatric emergencies

Our main objective is to provide a quality care service to all patients, following a multidisciplinary approach involving all the other departments in our hospital.

We are accredited by the Joint Commission International, which certifies the quality of the services we offer to our patients.

  • We work with the main national and international insurers.
  • The A&E Department has access to all medical and surgical specialities.
  • The paediatric emergency area is separate from the adult area.
  • The A&E Department is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Urgent home care

If you need urgent care at home, contact your insurance company by calling the phone number on the back of your health card.

If you do not have insurance or your insurance company is located abroad, contact the hospital’s International Services Department by calling +34 900 407 407.

Rapid response, 24 hours a day

Rapid response times are a determining factor for A&E and allow the department to run smoothly and establish the right priorities in each situation. The A&E team bring all their experience and specific training for this type of service.

They are on hand 24 hours a day and implement efficient action protocols to assess each case, request the appropriate diagnostic tests and make the necessary decisions, including activating the localised alert assistive mechanism, should the case require it.

How to access

The A&E department at Vithas Xanit International Hospital is accessed from a separate entrance located in a building adjacent to the hospital (right next to the main entrance) for patients’ convenience.

This allows us to ensure we provide the most efficient care.

Documentation needed

  • ID card/Passport
  • ​Private patients will be required to deposit a payment bond for the medical/surgical treatment.​
  • ​Insurance card

In numbers

141
beds on the floor
16
icu posts
7
operating rooms
51
external consultations

Our services

Where to find us

at Vithas Xanit International Hospital

Vithas Xanit International Hospital

Vithas Xanit International Hospital

Avenida de los Argonautas s/n

Avenida de los Argonautas s/n