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The Challenge
Uni Hospital is one of the largest healthcare projects ever in Bulgaria. With more
than 20.000 patients a year, the security is extremely important not only to keep
the visitors and patients safe, but also to prevent the potential risk for the staff and
expensive medical equipment. The system was an integral part of the whole
hospital enterprise right from the start.
The Advantages
The solution is used mainly for hospital security and surveillance reducing the
number of security related incidents to near zero. The outdoor cameras are used
for perimeter security, including the parking space and the entrances. Indoor
cameras mainly cover the hallways. There are cameras in the rooms housing the
hospitals multimodal linear accelerators (PET scanner) giving the hospital 100%
situational awareness for these important installations. The possibility of proactive
manage-ment also results in reducing the operational costs.
The Solution
The complete solution combines Milestone Husky M50 with XProtect Professional
2014 and Milestone Smart Client combined with 3rd party integrations –
access control with biometrics and fire alarms. All cameras are Hanwha Techwin 2
Megapixel models.
Keeping the hospital a safe place
The security system is used for monitoring the open spaces, the parking spaces and
the common areas. It plays a very important part in controlling and monitoring the
quality of service and care for patients. One of the hospital management’s main
goals is for patients to receive excellent care at any time. With the care for the
youngest patients in mind, a 24-hour surveillance is provided for the neonatology
unit. The continuous video surveillance of mothers and baby incubators in the
hospital allows the staff to spend their time more efficiently. With the integration
of biometric identification (fingerprint) into the access control system, access to
critical premises such as laboratories and drug stores is controlled. Doctors and
nurses have access only to premises that are directly related to their work.
The Benefits
Security has been a part of the whole project right from the start, meaning that
the design of the infrastructure and the placement of cameras could be optimal.
The same goes for the implementation of the access control system and fire alarm
system. The flexibility and openness of the Milestone software has been a major
advantage to the project. Thanks to this innovative system the hospital doesn’t
need to invest much in physical security as the reliable surveillance is achieved
with fewer human resources. The automated events and alarms from the system
minimize the risk of human errors and reduce significantly the operating cost as in
this way a single operator is able to take up the work usually performed by 3 or 4
people.
The future
At the moment, the video safety system is integrated with access control and fire
alarm systems, but the flexibility of the Milestone software enables the hospital
to expand and optimize the system to meet all future needs thanks to Milestone’s
open platform technology. This technology also enables the hospital to choose the
optimal cameras and devices for future tasks, and to easily deploy best of breed
add-ons to XProtect from the global community of Milestone partners. About
the Project The investment in the construction and equipment for the MBAL
“Uni Hospital” amounted to over BGN 90 million. This is the largest investment in
Bulgarian healthcare in 25 years. Because of it, “Asarel – Medet” JTD and “Asarel
Panagyurishte Health” JTD received the “Investor of the Year” award in 2015 from
the Bulgarian Investment Agency, as well as a “First Class Investor” award from the
Ministry of Economy.
About the Project
The investment in the construction and equipment for the MBAL “Uni Hospital”
amounted to over BGN 90 million. This is the largest investment in Bulgarian
healthcare in 25 years. Because of it, “Asarel – Medet” JTD and
“Asarel Panagyurishte Health” JTD received the “Investor of the Year” award in
2015 from the Bulgarian Investment Agency, as well as a “First Class Investor”
award from the Ministry of Economy.
About MBAL Uni Hospital
MBAL “Uni Hospital” provides multi-profile service and has 19 clinics and wards
available to its patients. It has 310 beds, 718 highly qualified medical and
non-medical specialists as well as the latest generation equipment that is unique
not only in Bulgaria but in the entire Balkan region. More than BGN 400,000 is
spent annually on staff training. Over 20,000 patients visit the hospital each year.
About the solution
Four Husky M50 servers are being used with XProtect Professional 2014. The
system is integrated with Net2 Pro Paxton Access Control system with biometric
readers from Suprema as well as a fire alarm system. 255 Hanwha Techwin
SND-6084R cameras with 2 Mpix resolution are installed all over the hospital.