Etiket: pediatric
The minister must still judge the future of pediatric heart surgery in Groningen
Minister Kuipers of Health will probably have to make a decision whether the UMCG in Groningen will retain the pediatric heart surgery department. Two of the four current centers for…
Why are there so many children among the victims in Turkey and Syria? Pediatric intensivist explains | Massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Among the images that reach us of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria are a striking number of photos of children. How did that happen? We spoke to child intensivist…
The pressure on pediatric ICUs is high, but not exceptional
The pressure on Dutch pediatric intensive care units is high. There are many young patients with respiratory infections. The main culprit at the moment is the RS virus, which can…
Healthcare authority sends long-awaited report on pediatric heart surgery: ‘A very exciting day’
A good argument or not, should the UMCG have to close the department, Schilstra-Schaafsma will be disappointed in any case. The increased travel time plays a role, of course, but…
Report on the future of pediatric heart surgery expected. These are the scenarios that the UMCG in Groningen must hope for
Tickets in the Beatrix Children’s Hospital in the UMCG. Photo: Corné Sparidaens The Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) has been working on the report since early spring and will hand it…
Frank Vandenbroucke about RSV circulation: “The pressure is great in pediatric departments, but every child in need gets a hospital bed” | Interior
The RSV virus has recently been circulating among children, putting hospitals under pressure again. That is also what Minister of Health Frank Vandenbroucke (Vooruit) says at VTM News. “The hospitals…
Minister Kuipers will decide on pediatric heart surgery at the UMCG in early 2023
Health care minister Ernst Kuipers will take a decision early next year about the future of pediatric heart surgery in the Netherlands. It will then become clear whether this highly…
DVHN Comment | Gas extraction, barracks, pediatric heart surgery, nitrogen and Ter Apel. Cabinet tests confidence in the region
The new Rutte cabinet had only just been installed in January this year when three decisions were made that are detrimental to the Northern Netherlands: the closure of the pediatric…
Sant Joan de Déu opens the new Pediatric Cancer Center Barcelona, a benchmark in Spain
The unit will open its doors at the end of June and will increase care for childhood cancer cases by 35% The Hospital Sant Joan de Déu has inaugurated this…
Kuipers calls discussion about pediatric heart surgery ‘harmful’
Kuipers calls discussion about pediatric heart surgery ‘harmful’ Health Minister Ernst Kuipers calls on doctors involved in the discussion about the closure of three hospital locations for complex pediatric heart…