The awards were presented at a gala ceremony at the Museum of Fine Arts on Nov. 20, celebrating organizations that are innovating in infrastructure and medical education with the support of HUF 24 million in grant funding from the owners of the Hungarian-owned BioTechUSA Group. In addition to the awards, the gala generated a community donation of HUF 7 million for the BMSZKI Trauma-Aware Gynaecology Clinic.

Established last year by the Lévai family, owners of BioTechUSA, the award supports new healthcare solutions and methodological improvements designed to influence national attitudes and introduce new operating principles in patient care. As before, applicants competed in three categories: healthcare innovation, infrastructure development, and medical education.

A total of 55 submissions were reviewed, with three winners selected by a professional jury of healthcare and communications experts and three chosen through a public vote. The award’s professional partner was again the Hungarian Hospital Association, with Central Media Group and Player Media Group serving as media partners. Category winners received HUF 5 million each, and public-voted projects received HUF 3 million.

The top healthcare innovation prize went to the NeoTracker project from the Department of Neonatology at Semmelweis University. The real-time, digital delivery room event log records interventions and physiological data in line with Newborn Life Support recommendations. During the pilot, 200–300 events will be logged, and nationwide rollout would impact the care of 75,000–80,000 newborns annually.

Tolna County’s Balassa János Hospital earned the infrastructure development award for its “Healing Garden,” a nature-based psychiatric rehabilitation area featuring raised beds, medicinal herbs, lighting, and a drinking fountain next to the psychiatric ward.

The Orfeusz program, run by the “Living and Loving Without a Mother/Father” Public Benefit Foundation, received the medical education award. The initiative raises awareness of trauma through a multimedia adult education system including e-learning materials, workshops, and podcasts.

Public voting drew 33,000 ballots. The Hungarian Society of Preventive and Lifestyle Medicine, the Elmondhatom (Now I Can Tell) Foundation, and the Association for the Support of Children with Diabetes from Győr all received this year’s BioTechUSA Health Award and funding.

“As part of our social responsibility programme, we have supported 200 health and civil organisations with a total of 600 million forints to date. Over the past few years, we have seen that there are many innovative and professional healthcare experts who are committed and have ideas that can make their life-saving work more effective and efficient. We are very pleased that, as in previous years, we have identified and rewarded many valuable and innovative solutions. We are confident that, thanks to our support, initiatives can be implemented to improve the situation for those affected and the domestic healthcare system. I am particularly proud that we organised a community fundraiser at the awards ceremony, and that with the help of our partners and friends, we can continue the important work of last year’s winning organisation,” said Bálint Lévai, CEO and co-owner of the BioTechUSA Group.

The HUF 7 million raised at the gala will allow the Budapest Methodological Social Centre and Institutions (BMSZKI) Trauma-Informed Gynaecology Clinic — which provides free care for homeless and disadvantaged women — to continue operating.