Cluj opens €50 million regional neurosurgery center with 105 beds and six operating rooms

Facility completion and investment

The Regional Center for Cerebrovascular Pathology and Neurosurgery in Cluj-Napoca was officially received on Saturday, 29 August 2026. The medical project required an investment exceeding €50,000,000, financed through Romania's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) alongside European Union funding and national budget resources. Construction was carried out by expanding and reconfiguring the existing Clinic of Occupational Medicine and Occupational Diseases with an entirely new building wing. According to statements from the Cluj-Napoca City Hall, the project constitutes the first hospital built from scratch in the city in 50 years. Final operationalization procedures are currently under way so that the medical center can open its doors to patients. The Ministry of Health stated that the new center strengthens the capacity of the Romanian public health system to deliver advanced treatments for complex neurological and vascular conditions.

Medical capacity and specialized equipment

The newly completed facility provides a total capacity of 105 hospital beds dedicated to neurosurgical and cerebrovascular pathology. The allocation designates 79 beds for the general neurosurgery department and 26 beds for the intensive care unit (ATI). The intensive care ward is structured into specialized boxes containing two or three beds each, designed for continuous clinical monitoring of critical patients. Surgical infrastructure includes six operating rooms alongside a dedicated pediatric neurosurgery compartment to treat patients from newborns to adults. For diagnostics and rapid intervention, the center is equipped with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines, a multi-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner, and an angiograph. The building also integrates dedicated spaces for medical imaging, sterilization, emergency procedures, outpatient consultations, and physiotherapy.

Government remarks and regional role

Interim Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and interim Minister of Health Cseke Attila attended the inauguration ceremony on Saturday in Cluj-Napoca. During his address, Bolojan emphasized the necessity of sustained financing and modern infrastructure across public hospitals.

Without investments, without equipment, we cannot expect quality medicine in the coming years.

Bolojan expressed gratitude to the Cluj medical community, noting that the city manages the most critical medical cases emerging throughout the Transylvania region. He specifically commended professor and neurosurgeon Ștefan Florian and his team for their medical contributions and training of specialists across regional hospitals. The prime minister added that he felt a personal obligation to attend, stating that Florian's medical team had saved the lives of several of his friends.

National hospital ranking and operational handover

Health officials stressed the importance of swift medical responses when handling vascular and neurological emergencies.

In neurosurgery, every minute counts.

The newly completed center operates within the Cluj-Napoca Emergency County Hospital, which ranks among the six top-tier class-I medical institutions in Romania. The government noted that this group also comprises county emergency hospitals in Constanța, Iași, Târgu Mureș, and Timișoara, as well as the Central Military Hospital in Bucharest. Government representatives stated that the technical reception of all medical equipment must conclude before the department operates at full clinical capacity. Once medical equipment handovers are finished, the medical staff under Florian will transition operations entirely into the new facility.