Tag: UMC UTRECHT
Princess Máxima Center in open letter: life-threatening situations such as pediatric heart surgery must be closed
According to the center, if there is a need to collaborate with hospitals that are a bit further away, the health of children is at risk. “As simple as it…
Concerned parents present a petition for the preservation of pediatric heart surgery in Utrecht
Goslinga points to the low mortality rates at UMC Utrecht. “When Ivo was four days old, he underwent one of the most complex heart operations there is. In Utrecht he…
Luc (14) also received heart care in Utrecht during his cancer treatment: ‘What does it mean when that goes away?’
What would have happened differently with Luc?” his mother Vivianne wonders. When her 14-year-old son was treated for cancer at the Princess Máxima Center (PMC), a congenital heart defect was…
Director of the Princess Máxima Center celebrating her anniversary: ’Centering child cancer care has enormous advantages’
If they have seen the benefits of centralizing care anywhere, it is in the Princess Máxima Center. That is why medical director Rob Pieters agrees with the minister’s decision to…
Why pediatric heart surgery is disappearing from Utrecht and 5 more answers to your questions
The decision to keep Erasmus MC and UMC Utrecht open was met with a lot of criticism: not only patients and their families, but also administrators and social organizations did…
Incomprehension in Utrecht about the decision for children’s heart centers: ‘Seriously ill children will soon have to be moved’
“This decision has major consequences, in particular for the collaboration with the Princess Máxima Center, which is located next to us. Pediatric oncology patients are treated there and they regularly…
Big disappointment for UMC Utrecht: centers for pediatric heart surgery will be opened in Rotterdam and Groningen
Last week it was announced that the academic hospitals, including UMC Utrecht, could not agree on a joint recommendation on the concentration of pediatric heart surgery. Minister Kuipers had asked…
Utrecht hospitals extra alert to attack by pro-Russian cybercriminals: ‘Can’t prevent it’
“We are of course extremely alert,” says a spokesperson for the Diakonessenhuis, which has locations in Utrecht, Zeist and Doorn. Still, according to her, there is not much they can…
Kuipers is sticking to two children’s heart centers, UMC Utrecht must have clarity by April 1 at the latest
There are currently four centers of teaching hospitals that perform pediatric heart surgery. In addition to Utrecht, this involves Rotterdam, Groningen and a collaboration between Amsterdam and Leiden. To improve…
UMC Utrecht: drinking until just before surgery is safe, preferably lemonade with sugar
In 2019, UMC Utrecht changed the working method. Adults were also allowed to drink from that moment until surgery. In the following years, the hospital collected data from about 16,000…