Both financial institutions have accumulated a trajectory of two decades supporting the Puigvert Foundation in various financing projects.
BBVA and the ICF have signed, in equal parts, financing worth 4.8 million euros in favor of the Puigvert Foundation, a monographic hospital in urology, nephrology, andrology and reproductive medicine, to carry out improvement and remodeling works on the facilities and equipment of the Barcelona health center.
Both financial institutions have accumulated a trajectory of two decades supporting the Puigvert Foundation in various financing projects. Specifically, thanks to this collaboration, in 2011 the 12,000 m² Triangle Building was inaugurated, which was integrated and connected with the two pre-existing buildings, the old surgical pavilion and the Clinic building inaugurated in 1967. Overall, the current building of the Puigvert Foundation integrates three interconnected constructions with an area of 24,000 m².
The CEO of the ICF, Vanessa Servera, has highlighted "the sum between public promotion banks and private banking to make projects in the field of health a reality and that have a very clear impact on improving people's quality of life". In this sense, Servera also stressed that "the health sector has a lot of potential and capacity for innovation and at the ICF we want to be by your side to make projects that require long-term financing a reality".
In the words of Francisco Pla, BBVA's regional director in Catalonia, "supporting projects of a social nature is one of the bank's priorities. An example of this is the extensive activity we have in the hospital environment in Catalonia, as exemplified by the more than 20 years of relationship and support we have been with the Puigvert Foundation". Francisco Pla also stressed that "channeling financing to society is a priority for BBVA in its desire to be an active agent in the growth and economic development of companies, SMEs and individuals, as well as in the transition towards a more sustainable and inclusive world."
For his part, the Delegate Patron and General Director of the Puigvert Foundation, Mr. Ramon Massaguer, stressed that "health centers and, specifically, hospitals live in a permanent state of modernization and renovation of facilities and spaces in order to adapt them to the needs of the care processes as well as, to guarantee maximum safety and well-being to patients. In this sense," he adds, "it is essential to have the support and support of solvent financial institutions that accompany us and share our vision".
General information
General information
About the Catalan Institute of Finance (ICF)
The ICF is the public financial entity of the Government of Catalonia and its main mission is to promote the growth of companies and other entities. It finances relevant and transformative projects through loans and capital, with special emphasis on the ecological transition, reindustrialization and social housing. The ICF usually complements loans from the private financial sector, offering long repayment periods to facilitate debt repayment. Since 2014, it has been a member of the European Association of Public Banks (EAPB), which brings together most of the banks and public financial institutions operating in Europe.
About BBVA
BBVA is a global financial group with a customer-centric vision, which currently has more than 71 million active customers and more than 121,000 employees. It is present in more than 25 countries and occupies a leading position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and has leading franchises in South America and Turkey. It also has an important investment banking, transactions and capital markets business in the US.
About Fundació Puigvert
The Puigvert Foundation is a monographic health institution in Urology, Nephrology, Andrology and Reproductive Medicine established in 1961, arranged with public health since its constitution, by Professor Antoni Puigvert with the aim of being a benchmark of excellence in these specialties.
Currently, as a university hospital, privately managed and non-profit, it deals with the study and medical and surgical treatment of pathologies and dysfunctions of the urinary system and genital system, standing out, especially, for its high expertise in the implementation of robotic surgery applied to Urology and kidney transplants.
Thanks to its long history and the value of a highly specialized medical team with extensive medical, surgical, teaching and scientific experience, the Puigvert Foundation is one of the health centers in Europe with the highest volume of specialised healthcare activity and high clinical excellence in Urology, Nephrology, Andrology and Reproductive Medicine. Each year, an average of 5,500 surgeries and around 90,000 medical visits are performed, distributed between public care, as a concerted center of the Department of Health and private assistance, through Fundació Puigvert-Barcelona Centre Privat (BCP).
Committed to comprehensive, effective and humane care for patients, their families and society in general, but also promoting the development and scientific knowledge of these disciplines through research, training, teaching, dissemination and education activities for health, the Puigvert Foundation is currently a reference center at national and international level.