– This is a confirmation that we have done something really good and I am very proud that we are the only clinic in the region to have been approved. At the same time, I see it as a challenge. It is not only important to be appointed, but also to develop and keep the award, says Henning Ronold, operations manager at the infection clinic in Kalmar, to SVT.
More research findings in healthcare for patients
The decision to appoint the infection clinic in Kalmar as a university healthcare unit has been taken by the University Healthcare Committee in Östergötland and means that the clinic will conduct education and research. But also that the research should then be transferred to practical care.
"It can be about new methods, new treatment methods, new ways of analysing," says Henning Ronold, who also hopes that the award will make it easier to recruit and attract more people to take an interest in research.
There are already university healthcare units in Jönköping County.