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National health plan for cancer patients!

Press release (10/04/2020) A national health plan for cancer patients to avoid a wave of collateral victims! Brussels, 10 April 2020 – The crisis linked to the Covid-19 virus is currently responsible for a slowdown across the range of care needed in the treatment of cancer. As cancer is a major cause of mortality in Belgium the consequences of this must not be under-estimated. The Jules Bordet Institute, the Belgian reference centre for…
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Coronavirus COVID-19 – Appeal for donations

27/03/2020  Coronavirus COVID-19 – Appeal for donations For several weeks now our teams have been working non-stop to prepare optimal care for our patients in the context of the coronavirus epidemic. The care staff are training and the care units are equipped themselves and reorganising.    Would you like to support the Jules Bordet Institute during this pandemic?   “The Friends of the Bordet Institute”, the Institute’s…
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Merci !!!

Communiqué de presse des hôpitaux du réseau iris (26/03/2020) Nos travailleurs vous remercient à leur tour ! Au terme d’une première semaine d’instauration du confinement généralisé, nous tenons à remercier tous nos concitoyens pour la sympathie dont ils font preuve à l’égard des équipes de soins et de toutes les personnes dont les services sont, chaque jour, indispensables. Tous les soirs à 20h, le cœur de nombre d’entre nous est…
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Coronavirus Patient Information Number - 02 / 541.39.80

Coronavirus Patient Information Number - 02 / 541.39.80 Please call only if it concerns: an appointment for a consultation or a medico-technical act an admission or a surgery if you are a general practitioner and have a question about a patient
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Appeal for blood donors

 13/03/2020 The Red Cross launches an appeal for blood donors  The coronavirus is also affecting blood donations.  Stocks are at a critical level! The Red Cross is appealing to the generosity of all persons aged 18 and over weighing at least 50 kg and in good health to act as quickly as possible and to give some blood.  Giving blood is not an act that involves risk, not even in the present context dominated by COVID-19…
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Coronavirus

iris hospital network press release (11/03/2020) Coronavirus:
IRIS, the network of public hospitals in Brussels, announces a limit on visits. In the interests of patients and staff, the public hospitals in Brussels have decided to impose a strict limit on visitors to hospital services, effective from this Wednesday 11 March. The hospitals concerned are therefore the Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, the Saint-Pierre…
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Fonds Gaston Ithier award

Press release (06/03/2020)  Professor Vincent Donckier wins the Fonds Gaston Ithier award for his collaborative work on oligometastases Brussels, 6th March, 2020 – This Thursday 5 March, Professor Vincent Donckier, Head of the Department of Surgery at the Jules Bordet Institute, the reference centre in the fight against cancer, is honoured by the Fonds Gaston Ithier. This Fonds, which supports creative projects in the field of oncology,…
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The Jules Bordet Institute acquires state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment

Press release (29/01/2020)  The Jules Bordet Institute acquires state-of-the-art radiotherapy equipment for increasingly precise and effective treatment Brussels, 29 January 2020 - The Jules Bordet Institute, the reference centre in the fight against cancer, has signed a public procurement contract worth 22 million euros with the Elekta company for the supply of new high-tech radiotherapy equipment. Acquisitions made possible thanks…
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Europe on a mission against cancer

28/01/2020 Europe on a mission against cancer Professor Martine Piccart, member of the group of experts for a "European Master Plan" to fight cancer In the framework of the Horizon-Europe 2021-2027 programme to develop Research and Innovation, the fight against cancer was identified as one of the major challenges of the future. A group of 15 European experts was appointed to put into place lasting and specific strategies. One of these…
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