Tag: UMC UTRECHT
Tension palpable in overcrowded court about children’s heart center Utrecht: ‘If we do not do this carefully, more children will die’
What is this emergency session about? In 2.5 years, Minister Ernst Kuipers wants the children’s heart centers in Utrecht and Leiden/Amsterdam to close. The care must then be concentrated in…
UMC Utrecht today before the court to close the children’s heart center: what is that again?
The Netherlands currently has four centers for pediatric heart surgery, spread over five locations (Rotterdam, Groningen, Utrecht and a shared center in Leiden and Amsterdam). This care will be concentrated…
Cabinet sets up a committee that supervises the closure of the children’s heart center in Utrecht
The Netherlands currently has five locations for pediatric heart surgery: Leiden, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Groningen and Rotterdam. Only the last two remain. The decision of Minister Kuipers of Health has led…
Emergency hospital Utrecht closed again, 5 patients transferred to UMC nursing wards
The emergency hospital was set up to receive the victims. This is a stand-by hospital that can be operational within 30 minutes if necessary to accommodate larger numbers of patients…
Calamity hospital opened in Utrecht after serious train accident in Voorschoten, 1 dead and 30 injured
Emergency hospital The emergency hospital is a stand-by hospital that can be operational within 30 minutes if necessary for the care of larger numbers of patients in the event of…
Brain researchers UMC Utrecht make discovery: ‘Brain develops longer than we thought’
With this new knowledge, great strides can be made in our understanding of the brain. Scientists have been trying to make computer models of the least understood organ we have…
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…