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If you want to share your medical data and access your file. The hospital is a member of the Brussels Health Network, an information sharing network that links up all Brussels and Belgian hospitals with GPs and brings together certain medical records. By agreeing to share the file on your child you allow doctors to have immediate access to his or her medical records and to ensure a quality follow up. For all information about access to your health data, visit: MaSanté.be. If you are already a member of the network, you can consult your medical records or the medical records of your underage child at any time by connecting to the same platform.  Visit MaSanté.be Discover the Brussels Health Network

The Erasmus Hospital has many shops, cafés  and restaurants: On floor -1 (route 701), a self-service restaurant is open on every working day between 11.30 am and 2 pm. On the hospital ground floor you will find a florist, bookshop, travel agency and restaurant-caterer. In the shopping arcade there is a bookshop with a BPost service, a supermarket, a perfumery, a drugstore, a chocolate shop, a mutual health insurance agency, a clothes shop, a copy shop with telecom services, a restaurant-caterer and several snack bars and bakeries.  The Erasmus Hospital has many shops, cafés and restaurants:

JUNE 19, 2024 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM H.U.B is proud to support the SICKEL CELL DISEASE AWARNESS DAY On this occasion, we are pleased to present: The first unit for adolescent and adult hospitalization Videos and testimonials An overview of the latest innovations for this rare disease Join us on June 19 at 12:00 PM at Auditorium Tagnon The presentation will be followed by a luncheon cocktail Registration Open Date and Time: June 19, 2024, beginning at 12 pm Location: Tagnon Auditorium, Jules Bordet Institute (H.U.B) Address: Rue Meylemeersch 90, 1070 Brussels The session will conclude with a networking luncheon. For further details, please contact us via email at secretariat [dot] hematologie [at] hubruxelles [dot] be (secretariat[dot]hematologie[at]hubruxelles[dot]be)

On the occasion of World Sickle Cell Day on 19 June, the Erasmus Hospital and the HUDERF, national and European reference centres for sickle cell disease within the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B), are focusing on the disease. Among care staff as well as the general public, received ideas regarding this disease, its symptoms and its complications fuel a series of prejudices resulting in social exclusion as well as difficulty in stimulating the blood donations needed to transfuse these patients. In Belgium almost 90% of sickle cell disease patients require regular blood transfusions.   Sickle cell disease: combating received ideas to encourage access to specialised care Sickle cell disease is a genetic disease of the blood that affects 1 child for every 2,329 births. Particularly frequent among populations of Caribbean, African and Mediterranean origin, it is the commonest genetic disease in Belgium. It is characterised by a deformation of the red blood cells that results in severe anaemia, a local obstruction in the blood circulation and a reduction in the oxygen supply to several vital organs. A child with sickle cell disease has episodes of extreme pain, periods of acute anaemia and is much more prone to serious infections. Complications of this rare multisystemic disease can affect the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, bones and eyes. These become established over time, increase in frequency in adulthood and have a major impact on comorbidities and mortality. Since January 2023 sickle cell disease has been one of the diseases detected by the Guthrie test in the Wallonia-Brussels Region, this making it possible to identify and treat patients at an early stage of the disease within a reference centre. Hydroxyurea, chronic transfusion and bone marrow transplants are at present the only treatments available in Belgium that modify the symptoms of the disease to reduce complications and improve the quality of life of patients. The sole curative option is to transplant stem cells (bone marrow) but its applications are limited. Two reference centres and expert professions within the H.U.B to support the sickle cell patient This rare and complex disease requires treatment at specialised centres such as the HUDERF and Erasmus Hospital, both recognised as reference centres for rare diseases of the red blood cell at national and European level since 2017. More than a third of patients on the sickle cell disease register in Belgium are being followed up by the H.U.B for the treatment by multidisciplinary teams of the various aspects of this disease. Our haematologists are central to the clinical biological follow-up, treatment and prevention of complications. The referring nurses, essential links in ensuring awareness and an effective response to a patient's needs, coordinate the care and the professionals who provide it. Our biologists play a major role in screening and boosting awareness of the risk of transmission to children. Finally, our psychologists, dietitians and social workers pay special attention to pain management, emotional support, well-being and diet. For children and adolescents, supporting the child in his or her psychological, social, school and family reality is a central element of care in encouraging the development of autonomy despite the illness as well as adherence to treatment and knowledge of the disease. It is essential to help the child to acquire the awareness and know-how to continue to look after themselves throughout their life, with the solid support of medical teams in an adult environment. Rare blood donation and the search for new drugs are the top priorities Most sickle cell patients will need a blood transfusion at some point. Some of them will need regular transfusions throughout their life. Hence the supply problems. The transfused blood must match as closely as possible that of the sickle cell patients who have blood groups that can be rare in Belgium. At present we regularly face shortages and that is particularly true for the blood groups found predominantly among non-Caucasian populations. Treating sickle cell patents is a daily battle and it is essential to continue research into developing new treatments. A number of clinical trials involving medicines are proposed for both adults and children and especially in the field of cell therapy, with gene therapy a promising avenue for curing rare diseases of the red blood cell. Make a blood donation To assist sickle cell patients, a campaign for rare blood donations focusing on sickle cell disease is being launched by our teams within the hospital and on social networks. To give blood, please go to the Erasmus Hospital Blood Donation Centre or donate via any Red Cross blood donation center. Save the date! Festival Drépanocyt’OSE from 17 to 19 June at Tour & Taxis During the weekend of 17 June 2023, associations active in the field of combating sickle cell disease are organising a festival to increase public awareness of the disease. Experts from the Erasmus Hospital and the Children's Hospital will also be there to represent professionals from the H.U.B. Saturday 18 June from 1 pm to 5 pm at our stand at Tour et Taxis Monday 19 June, World Sickle Cell Day, during the conference at Tour & Taxis For more information: https://www.festival-drepanocytose.com    

The Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B), consisting of the Erasmus Hospital, the Jules Bordet Institute and the Queen Fabiola University Children's Hospital, employs more than 800 doctors. To improve collaborations, inter-departmental communication and care pathways, at the end of December these doctors voted to set up a single Medical Council. An initiative seen as a logical next step and that respects the identities of each hospital. This form of transverse representation of the medical staff makes it possible to support both respective and common projects in the interests of medicine, both today and into the future.  All the doctors represented within the same body The attachment of each hospital to the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) already enabled the three medical councils to cooperate regularly in the past. The creation of the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) as an academic hospital for the City of Brussels in October 2021 served to consolidate this cooperation. Common governance was therefore soon seen as the logical next step. Thus, on 20 December 2020, doctors from the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) came together and opted, by more than 80% of votes, to deploy a single medical council. This form of representation of the medical staff within the hospital governance aims to facilitate and improve inter-departmental cooperation and promote an efficient sharing of activities. The future doctors' representatives on this single Medical Council will be appointed when new elections are held at the start of the next academic year. Voting will be by electronic means.    Unifying while respecting the identity of each hospital The role of the Medical Council is to coordinate medical activities, promote quality care and harmonise patient pathways that are accessible to all within the hospital networks while maintaining the spirit of cooperation between the doctors. Although the Brussels University Hospital is deployed through its governance and its transversality, the desire to preserve the identity of each institution, for both staff and patients, remains a priority. Each of these constituent institutions is recognised nationally and internationally for its medical projects and innovations, whether oncological, paediatric or specialised.  The communication challenge Regular meetings of all the H.U. B doctors are needed to ensure that the deployment of a common medical project is a shared experience. The existence of two distinct hospital sites (Anderlecht and Laeken) remains the biggest challenge in terms of communication for the teams, especially when members of the medical staff must be present physically. Using the right means of communication at the right time remains a key issue in ensuring the smooth functioning of the institution.  A union in keeping with the triple mission: care, research and teaching As a university structure with many researchers and research physicians, the Brussels University Hospital offers a stimulating environment that permits the continuous recruitment of young specialists. A youth that has a vital place within the institution and to which established staff are always attentive. The medical staff also interact very closely both with the paramedical teams and support services (data processing, human resources, etc.) as well as with GPs, with the aim of always guaranteeing the best care for the patients.