The Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Conde de Godó Trophy, which will reach its 71st edition this year, continues to add sponsorships and alliances. One of the latest to join this essential sporting and social event on the Barcelona agenda is Vithas, the largest healthcare group with family capital, joining forces with the Barcelona tournament, the city of origin of the founders of the healthcare group. The health group’s agreement with the trophy is part of its defense of the values ??it shares with the world of sports, such as healthy lifestyle habits, teamwork and the spirit of improvement.
Values ??that, as noted by the president of Vithas, Jorge Gallardo, “are an integral part of our healthcare relationship with patients, and the daily performance of our more than 12,600 doctors, nurses and professionals.” Gallardo also showed his satisfaction with the start of Vithas’ collaboration with the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Conde de Godó Trophy by highlighting that it is “a sporting and social event of reference in the city of Barcelona, ??and one of the essential annual events.” “both for the international tennis circuit and for Barcelona and Catalan society.”
For his part, the CEO of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Xavier Pujol, expressed his gratitude to Vithas, but especially to its president Jorge Gallardo, “for his determined commitment to our tournament, with which Vithas shares both its values ??and “its strategic vision of a company with roots in Barcelona and a vocation for national and international growth.”
The competition, which will be held from April 13 to 21 of this year, will feature leading tennis figures who have already confirmed their participation, such as Carlos Alcaraz from Murcia, who defends the title, the Russian Andrey Rublev and Rafa Nadal, who has He has competed in the tournament 16 times and has been champion a dozen of them. As always, it will take place at the Real Club Tennis Barcelona 1899, an entity that is immersed in the celebration of its 125 years.
The agreement between Vithas and Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Trofeo Conde de Godó was born with the desire to be a long-term alliance, and is part of the strategic commitment of the healthcare group to Barcelona, ??the city of origin of its founders and where it currently invests the most of 100 million euros in the construction of a new hospital in Esplugues de Llobregat. With a total area of ??40,000m2, the new center will have a 360º portfolio of services and more than 1,800 professionals.
The brand new hospital will join the two medical centers and the hospital that the group already has in Lleida, as well as its medical center in Vilanova i la Geltrú, thus reaffirming its determined commitment to Catalonia. Vithas, whose sole shareholder is Goodgrower, belongs to the Gallardo Family Group, which supports the largest healthcare group with local capital to which the Almirall pharmaceutical laboratories also belong. After more than a decade of growth, it currently has more than 12,600 professionals and 20 hospitals and 37 medical centers in 14 provinces and in 2023 its turnover will exceed 700 million euros.
Accredited quality of care, patient-oriented experience, research and innovation, and social and environmental commitment are some of the characteristics that have accompanied the group since its creation and have made it one of the leaders in Spanish healthcare.