American Hospital was established in 2006 from the necessity of services needed. The public Albanian health care system could not fulfill the needs of Albanian citizens and most of them were traveling to the nearest countries for possible solutions for their issues. At the time, Albania had as well visa restrictions, which narrowed even more the possible selection of hospitals.

In the same first year of our creation, American Hospital had a success story, the first kidney transplant ever made in Albania.

Today, we are the biggest center of kidney transplant in the region, accepting patients from Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro.

We have 11 dialysis centers, in all Albania out of which in 5 of them are of Diavita shpk, a joint venture of American Hospital with Evita shpk, following the Private Public Partnership model.

Just recently Diavita shpk has need sold to Diaverum Company, one of the world’s largest companies in the dialysis sector. Founded in 1991, the Swedish-based company has a presence in 20 different countries in Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, and is profiled in renal care only.

Currently, 11,000 Diaverum International AB staffs care for 36,000 patients in over 360 dialysis clinics worldwide. (www.diaverum.com)