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Semaine mondiale des Maladies Rares !

Actualité du 28/02/2023 Mobilisons-nous pour la semaine mondiale des maladies rares ! Une maladie est considérée comme rare lorsqu'elle touche moins d'1 personne sur 2000. En Belgique, entre 660.000 et 880.000 personnes, seraient atteintes d’une maladie rare. Patients, proches des patients, médecins, infirmiers et thérapeutes attendent depuis des années que les personnes atteintes de maladies rares bénéficient d'une prise en charge adaptée…
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Carte Blanche - 3 university hospitals unite in demanding a valorisation of the healthcare professions 

News (23/02/2023)

CARTE BLANCHE
3 university hospitals unite in demanding a valorisation of the healthcare professions A valorisation of healthcare staff is quite simply essential. This will result from policy changes and greater recognition on the part of all concerned Brussels, 31 January 2023 – Faced with the strike by public sector  workers on 31 January and the directly related issues for public health and society, the…
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Consortium Oliver (oligo-liver-metastases)

News (14/02/2023)  The annual meeting of the OLiver (oligo-liver-metastases) consortium was held at the Jules Bordet Institute on Wednesday 18 January 2023, with some 50 people present. The active and fruitful debate highlighted new results and identified new avenues for research. Recent progress includes the launch of a new project aiming to arrive at a better understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in metastatic…
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Carte Blanche - The free practice of medicine : a right and a duty, even under a totalitarian regime

News -  09/02/2023

CARTE BLANCHE
The free practice of medicine : a right and a duty, even under a totalitarian regime. Hamid Ghareh Hassanlou, an Iranian radiologist, has just been sentenced to death in his country for having come to the aid of peaceful protestors opposed to the regime. Such a threat of reprisals for exercising the medical profession is intolerable. Signed by Sadeghi-Meibodi Niloufar, Director of the…
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The Klastersky Award to encourage research and innovation in the field of supportive care

News (24/1/2023) The Klastersky Award to encourage research and innovation in the field of supportive care On 16 December 2022 the Klastersky Award was awarded to Dr Cherifi for his research into the impact of early supportive care assessment on the treatment decision in head and neck cancers before concomitant radiochemotherapy. This award encourages the spirit of innovation and research in supportive cancer care and is named after a…
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Virus hivernaux: ne vous précipitez pas aux urgences!

Communiqué de presse du 19/01/2023
Services du Collège réuni - Commission communautaire commune & GIBBIS
19 janvier 2023 Virus hivernaux: ne vous précipitez pas aux urgences! Bien que le pic de la grippe ait probablement été atteint, le COVID et le Virus Respiratoire Syncytial sont toujours en circulation et déjà sous forte tension depuis plusieurs semaines, les hôpitaux bruxellois restent sous pression. En Région de Bruxelles-…
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Billing for appointments not cancelled and not kept

News (30/12/2022) Billing for appointments not cancelled and not kept You can cancel at no cost until 24 hours before the time of your scheduled appointment.  Appointments that are not cancelled in time constitute a very important burden for the Jules Bordet Institute. Financially first of all but also in terms of time that is wasted and opportunities that are lost for you, the patient:  If all the appointments not kept were cancelled in…
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Accès à vos données médicales

Actualité du 21/12/2022 Accès à vos données médicales Bonne nouvelle : à partir du 22 décembre, vous aurez accès à vos propres données médicales de l’Hôpital Erasme, de l’Institut Jules Bordet, et de l’Hôpital des Enfants en passant par le Réseau Santé Bruxellois. C’est une raison supplémentaire de vous inscrire au partage sécurisé de vos données médicales avec les professionnels de la santé qui vous suivent. Cette nouveauté vise toutes les…
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20 years of laser therapy at the H.U.B. 

News (20/12/2022) 20 years of laser therapy at the H.U.B.  Laser therapy to alleviate the side effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.  It was 20 years ago that the Jules Bordet Institute acquired its first laser device to treat the side effects of cancer treatment. The Children's Hospital soon acquired its own equipment with which to treat children with cancer. Today, 20 years later, laser therapy has become an essential element in…
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Remote monitoring to improve the follow-up of cancer patients

Press release (16/12/2022) REMOTE MONITORING, A TOOL TO IMPROVE THE FOLLOW-UP OF CANCER PATIENTS 16 December 2022, Brussels – For nearly six months now a number of nursing teams at the Jules Bordet Institute and their patients have been using a new remote monitoring system for a better follow-up of symptoms and side effects: Resilience. The aim of implementing this digital solution is to strengthen the link between healthcare professionals…
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