Spain, Barcelona

SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital

4.8
Excellent
41 reviews
2 hospital accreditations of quality

About the clinic

1867
Year of foundation
1484
staff
800
doctors
362
beds
335000
patients
14000
Operations per year

Hospital Sant Joan de Déu (Barcelona, Spain) accepts children for treatment from the infant age to 21. The Hospital belongs to Top-5 medical institutions in Europe and is recognized as the most authoritative one in the field of pediatric oncology treatment. The Center has its own Laboratory for Molecular Medicine where innovative therapeutic methods are developed.

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Treatments prices in the clinic

Last price update — 29.04.2024. Prices can be changed depending on the medical case and doctor's recommendations.
Urology
treatment
Nephrectomy Price on request
Pediatric Oncology
diagnostics
Consultation with an oncologist $500.05
treatment
Autologous bone marrow transplantation Price on request
Sarcoma surgery $28127.64 - $52088.22
Orthopedics
treatment
Hip replacement Price on request
Hematology Oncology
diagnostics
CT scan of the body part Price on request
Consultation with a hematologist $500.05
treatment
Bone marrow transplantation $212489.71 - $212519.92
Allogenic bone marrow transplantation from a related donor Price on request
Allogenic bone marrow transplantation from an unrelated donor Price on request
Obstetrics and Gynecology
treatment
Childbirth $4682.73 - $4740.03
Сesarean section $7013.16
Oncology
treatment
Chemotherapy for kidney cancer Price on request
Radiation therapy for kidney cancer Price on request
Pediatric Neurosurgery
diagnostics
Brain SPECT $2677.33
Consultation with a neurologist $492.75
Gastroenterology
diagnostics
Ultrasound Price on request
Surgery
diagnostics
Consultation with a surgeon Price on request
Dental Treatment
diagnostics
Periapical X-ray Price on request

Clinic Doctors

hospital accreditations of quality

Bookimed Award: Best pediatric hospital
UA, Bookimed Award: Best pediatric hospital certificate for SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital
World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek
US, World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2022 by Newsweek certificate for SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital

SJD Barcelona Children’s Hospital: more details about the clinic

Spain, Barcelona

Sant Joan Barcelona in 2017: figures and facts:

  • over 13,000 surgeries;
  • over 3,000 deliveries;
  • over 225,000 outpatients;
  • 328 stationary beds;
  • 1,484 staff.

Barcelona Children's Hospital (Sant Joan de Déu) was founded in 1867. Now it is a leading medical Mother and Child Center which provides comprehensive healthcare services. The Clinic belongs to the system of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) and is accredited by the National Board of Health in Spain.

There are two huge divisions at St. Joan (Spain):

  • Child’s Unit (treatment all known pediatric diseases including oncological and hematological ones);
  • Women’s Unit (childbearing, pregnancy at risk, fetal medicine, gynecology).

 

Technological Innovations at Sant Joan (Barcelona)

The Hospital is working on development of innovative and safe methods for treatment of different types of pathologies. Laboratories study genetic material of DNA, pathologies of hereditary disorders of connective tissue, molecular biology of cancer, disease of fetal type and neurometabolic disorders. The specialists of Sant Joan De Déu have already registered 11 scientific discoveries. Currently, they are working on:

  • telemonitoring of pregnant patients;
  • development of smart sensors for newborns’ boxes;
  • therapy through the game.

 

Center of Oncology and Hematology

Sant Joan de Déu is one of the best hospitals in Spain and Europe specialized in treatment of oncological and onco-hematological diseases in children. Its Center has 4 separate boxes with HEPA-filters and positive pressure for patients after bone marrow transplantation.

Features of the Oncology and Hematology Department:

  • The Hospital is one the 1st in Europe applied an intra-arterial chemotherapy for patients with retinoblastoma. Method allows to preserve an eye and affects only on malignant tumors without damaging healthy tissues.
  • The survival rate with acute lymphoblastic leukemia is 84%.
  • The survival rate after bone marrow transplant: allogeneic one from a related donor - 90-100%, from unrelated one - 70-80%.
  • The Department of St. Joan is the first in Europe to use immunotherapy anti-GD2 drug for neuroblastoma treatment. This therapy increases a survival rate at 20%.
  • The researchers have developed a tissue from nanofiber for local treatment of cancer.
  • The specialists develop a vaccine against tumors of brain and medulla.

 

 

Preserving of an eye at retinoblastoma stage 4

Survival rate for patients with localized tumors

Recovery rate in case of Ewing’s sarcoma

Recovery rate in case of osteosarcoma

 

Center of Cardiology

Over 200 surgeries are conducted annually in the Cardiology Center of Sant Joan, Spain. The specialists successfully perform cardiac surgeries of high complexity in children with cardiovascular diseases, congenital heart disorders, defects of interatrial septum, etc.

The Center consists of 2 departments - cardiac and surgical ones. It is the best cardiac center in Europe with the lowest mortality rate and the highest success rate for surgeries on heart.

 

Department of Surgery

The specialists of the Department apply minimally invasive methods which reduce complications and side-effects:

  • laparascopy;
  • thoracoscopy;
  • tendoscopic surgery;
  • system of robotic microscopy;
  • laser surgical system;
  • ultrasonic surgical aspirator.

 

Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology

Patients from all over the world with disorders and damages of locomotor system appeal to hospital Sant Joan De Déu in Barcelona. The best orthopedists in Spain in the field of scoliosis who apply innovative techniques to correct a posture, straighten children’s backs, treat pediatric arthrogryposis, pathologies of hip joint, different types of tumors, inflammation of bone and soft tissues, clubfoot and birth defects, etc.

 

The Department of Neurology

The specialists of the Department treat children of any age with neurological disorders: neurometabolic diseases, refractory epilepsy, hereditary spastic paraplegia, ataxia. The Department is recognized by Ministry of Health as a top institution in the field of neurology.

 

The Department of Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation

The team of the Department consists of rehab doctors who cooperate with specialists from other units and coordinate a process of rehabilitation. When a final diagnosis is established, individual rehabilitation plan is developed.

Department of Medicine and Physical Rehabilitation of Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona accepts patients with such diagnoses:

  • craniocerebral injury;
  • apoplectic attack;
  • neurological disorders;
  • traumas of a spinal cord;
  • diseases of locomotor system;
  • fractures;
  • absence of a limb and amputations;
  • rheumatic diseases;
  • respiratory diseases;
  • dysfunctions of a bladder and anal sphincter.

 

Service at Sant Joan Children’s Hospital

Patients live in comfortable wards (1-,2- or 3-room). If necessary, staff of St. Joan provides an assistance in booking of a hotel.

Also the Hospital helps with visa and other documents. The transfer and interpreter’s service are paid additionally. The staff speaks English and Spanish.

More information about prices you can get by leaving a request on Bookimed.

Additional services
Transfer
Clinic to airport
free
Airport to clinic
free
Language assistance
Available
free
Accommodation
Hotel (apartments) near the clinic, billed daily
Requirements for admission
Payment methods
Cash
Credit cards
Age
0 - 18

Patient reviews

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Language assistance
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Support

Любовь • Spina bifida (cleft spine)
Ukraine

Feb 26, 2021
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"You are best !!!"
Good day to all! Finally we got our hands on writing about the treatment of our child at the Sant Joan de Deu Barselona hospital. I would like to say once again a huge thank you to Bookimed for the help in choosing a clinic. This is not just a hospital, THIS IS A SUPER HOSPITAL !!! To be honest, they did not even expect that medicine could be of such a high level. About the staff separately: from nurses to professors of the clinic, damn well, all simple, normal, kind people. I have never seen such attention to a child, literally everything is scheduled by the minute, everyone is smiling, joking. In general, the little one did not understand that he had undergone a complex operation on the spinal cord. After the operation and coming out of complex anesthesia, the child never even cried and did not experience any pain (except for changing the dressing, removing the adhesive plaster). The hospital itself is huge, EVERYTHING FOR CHILDREN, everything is in pictures, slides, balls, a dinosaur farm. Everything has been done so that the children would not be afraid of doctors, etc. And a special BIG THANKS to our neurosurgeon Jose Hinojosa Mena-Bernal with a capital letter. This is a man with golden hands and a kind heart (just works wonders)! The child began to walk on his own 5 days after the operation. Thanks to Mikki, the resuscitator, a young guy who looked after the little one after the operation, like his son. And also the hospital's translator, Mikhail, who, together with us, empathized with everything that happened, thanks to nurse Svetlana who helped in all matters related to caring for the little one, including as an interpreter, and just a good kind woman. Thanks to our curator of the hospital for organizing the stay in the clinic, cheerful, always cheerful with a smile on her face Valeria, deciding all issues of hospitalization and treatment. MANY THANKS TO ALL HONEY STAFF SANT JOAN DE DEU. You are best !!! CONTINUE SAVING THE CHILDREN AND MORE, and we, in turn, promise not to get sick anymore !! Respectfully, V.V. Solomatin Read more less
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Наталия • Orthopedics
Ukraine

Sep 26, 2019
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Thank you for the consultation!!!
Good afternoon! Impressions from the clinic of San Joan were a delight, the scale of the clinic amazed me !! The doctor’s consultation lasted more than an hour, the doctor was able to answer all the questions asked to us !!!!! Thank you for the consultation !!! Read more less

Алена • Online Consultation with Pediatric Oncologist
Germany

Dec 18, 2023
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The coordinator Yulia is an excellent specialist
I would like to thank the Bookimed team for the perfectly organized consultation with the doctor. The coordinator Yulia is an excellent specialist, I felt support at all stages! Read more less
I liked absolutely everything, starting from the first application on the site, consultation with specialist Yulia and further support. Julia was always in touch, I received answers to my questions on time. The meeting with the doctor and translator was perfectly organized, taking into account all our wishes!

daniela garlesteanu GARLESTEANU • Epilepsy
Poland

Jun 14, 2023
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I received answers to all the questions I had and I want to thank you very much for all the help you provided during this whole period! It was a pleasure to collaborate with you and I will definitely recommend you. Read more less
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Мая • Autism
Georgia

Feb 3, 2020
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"I am very pleased and advise everyone"
We were at the neurologist Veronica Gonzalez, we did not need radiological studies. Did a blood test, a genetic study. We are waiting for the results in two months. I liked the clinic very much, the doctors are attentive, the staff is friendly and warm. For children a very pleasant atmosphere, toys in the room, and various entertainments, the child did not feel that he was in the hospital and this is the most important thing. This is the third time we have used Bookimed services. I am very pleased and advise everyone .. Read more less
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