GORNA TISA, Sanatorium

Director - Ivan Pavlovich Bilyak

In July 2008, “Girska Tysa” mineral sanatorium resumed its work after capital repairs, creating excellent conditions for treatment and recreation in the Carpathians, in close proximity to well-known ski resorts Dragobrat and Bukovel. At present, “Girska Tysa” is one of the best health resorts in Ukraine which specializes in the treatment of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and the peripheral nervous system.

The health resort’s major therapeutic factor and its competitive advantage among other Ukrainian resorts is unique carbon dioxide arsenous mineral water of Girska Tysa deposit, extracted from the resort’s artesian well. Water of similar composition with ours in Kvasy, containing arsenic, can only be found at the French resort La Bourboule, in Germany, on Kamchatka and on the Sakhalin island.

The water of “Girska Tysa” resort is the only arsenous mineral water in Ukraine. It has a unique composition of valuable microelements and therapeutic properties which have the most positive influence on the musculoskeletal system rehabilitation, improvement of metabolism, excretion of radionuclides and excess salts from the body.

The main indications for treatment in the resort are arthritis and arthropathy (practically all diseases of joints), gout, spine degenerative disc disease, dorsopathy, spondylopathy, chondropathy, disorders of involuntary nervous system, consequences of illnesses connected with the factors of antropogenic, including radiation, pollution (rehabilitation of nuclear power stations employees and people affected by the consequences of Chernobyl nuclear power station accident).

The specialists of our mineral resort develop and implement unique methods of treatment and programs of prevention, recovery and rehabilitation of the musculoskeletal system. The most popular of them are:"Healthy spine","Healthy joints", "Post-traumatic recovery". Besides, there are special programs "Health of sportsmen and veterans of sports",“Driver’s health”, "Miner's health", and also "Anti-cellulite program" and "SPA-package". The programs last for 10, 16 and 21 days.

One more competitive advantage of ourhealth and treatment resortis an impressive treatment base. We pay constant attention to its development and improvement. The two-floor treatment building of the sanatorium-preventorium houses a modern complex for efficient treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal system organs. The treatment base includes ozocerite treatment department, physiotherapeutic department, rooms for massage, functional diagnostics, acupuncture, remedial gymnastics, juice bar and gym. The sanatorium uses the most up-to-date and advanced medical equipment for customers’ treatment.

The health resort is establishing partner relations with different treatment and research and development medical institutions, carries out further research to use the therapeutic properties of the unique arsenous water of “Girska Tysa”. The health resort bravely implements new kinds of procedures and constantly expands its medical base. During just a few months of 2009, we bought the most up-to-date equipment and implemented new efficient kinds of treatment, such as aroma- and aeroionotherapy, resonance magnetic quantum therapy, vacuum massage, pressotherapy, lymph drainage, phytosteamtherapy, ozone therapy, beta carotene baths, as well as juice therapy and therapeutic horse riding.

We also plan to master other progressive kinds of treatment – apiotherapy, thalassotherapy, a complex of cosmetology procedures. We are going to build a pool and an infrared sauna.

Our mountain health resort is located in the most beautiful place of the Transcarpathian region, on the territory of the Carpathian biosphere reserve which is listed in the international network of UNESCO biosphere reserves. This is an excellent recreation place in Western Ukraine, imbued with romanticism of ancient Hutsul legends, and striking with eternal and pure beauty of mountains. The village of Kvasy is situated in the very heart of European continent, at the altitude of 560 meters above sea level. It lies on both sides of the river Chernaya Tisa, at a distance of 14 km form the regional center of Rahiv and 26 km from the Geographical center of Europe. Our mountain health resort is a pearl among “mineral” health resorts in the Carpathian mountains.

The “Girska Tysa” health resort offers excellent conditions for accommodation, rehabilitation and, in particular, winter rest in the Carpathian mountains. Visitors to the resort are accommodated in comfortable rooms with all conveniences. The resort has 16 single and 80 double standard rooms (65 of them with separated beds, 15 with double beds), 5 double “family” rooms (it is possible to provide two more places on the sofa) and 3 two-room “family” rooms for four people.

The autonomous boiler room allows to keep up the optimal temperature in rooms and provide resort’s visitors with round-the-clock hot water supply. In the dining hall, the visitors to the resort are served by waiters. We developed a special diet of 3 meals a day recommended for those who have problems with the musculoskeletal system .

Ourmineral health resort has its own transport and, if necessary, provides transfer for visitors. It is possible to order transfer by bus or by car. The nearest junction stations are Ivano-Frankovsk, Mukachevo, Lviv and Chernovtsy, airports - Uzhgorod and Ivano-Frankovsk. The visitors who arrive by their transport can use a free car park guarded round the clock.

Thanks to its unique location, the health resort provides wide opportunities for a winter rest and an all-year-round therapeutic rest in the Carpathians. “Girska Tysa” is located near Dragobrat and Bukovel, the best known ski resorts in Ukraine. The health resort developed special tourist packages for those who wish to have a rest at these ski resorts and get affordable and, at the same time, comfortable accommodation, high level of service and efficient rehabilitation program.

The health resort offers its customers a wide range of exclusive excursion programs, beginning from unique routes of therapeutic walks and finishing be excursions in the picturesque places of the Transcarpathian region, the most popular of which are: visiting the geographical center of Europe, lake Sinevir, Goverla mountain, ancient Transcarpathian castles.

As part of the rest at the health resort, we offer a gym with up-to-date equipment, a billiards hall, a tennis hall, sports grounds for volleyball, basketball and indoor soccer, sports equipment rentals, a library, Internet access.

There is a pharmacy and a shop selling Hutsul goods on the territory of the health resort. There is an ATM in the bedroom building of the health resort.

The bar of the health resort allows to improve and enhance the general recovery results with the help of original therapeutic methods – juice therapy (treatment with natural juices made of fresh fruit and vegetables), phytotherapy (treatment with herbs and healing plants), apiotherapy (treatment with apiculture products), enotherapy (treatment with wine and wine growing products), beer therapy (treatment with beer). Besides, the bar offers newly drawn goat’s milk, natural milk yoghurts, Hutsul cuisine dishes (brynza, banush, kulesh, trout, fresh mutton shashlik, etc.).

A unique combination of climatic and natural factors, comfortable accommodation, treatment and rest in the Carpathians contributes to stable positive results in the rehabilitation of the human musculoskeletal system, prevention of involuntary nervous system disorders.