Tag: UMC
UMC Utrecht: Third European officially cured of HIV by stem cell transplant
The UMC, together with other hospitals, conducts research into patients with HIV who need a stem cell transplant for a condition such as leukaemia. In order to also tackle HIV…
Pediatric heart surgery UMC Utrecht is not yet defeated: ‘Up the barricade!’
The Utrecht surgeon Hanna Talacua – one of the few people in the Netherlands who performs the most complicated heart operations on children – finds the decision incomprehensible. According to…
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…
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…
Cannabis for children with epilepsy: 1.4 million for UMC Utrecht research
Jansen’s research focuses on the use of cannabidiol, also known as CBD, the active substance in cannabis. CBD does not provide the psychoactive effect that is often associated with weed…
Cannabis for children with epilepsy: 1.4 million for UMC research
Jansen’s research focuses on the use of cannabidiol, also known as CBD, the active substance in cannabis. CBD does not provide the psychoactive effect that is often associated with weed…
Pressure on children’s ICs, but no beds shortage at UMC Utrecht
University hospitals will discuss the situation this afternoon. Illy joins in as well. According to the pediatrician, this is a regular consultation, as was also held last week. “We have…
10 percent wage increase for UMC Utrecht employees
The wage increase applies to all employees covered by the UMC collective labor agreement, spread over a total of seven university hospitals. They will receive a wage increase of 6…
Exciting day for UMC Utrecht: will the children’s heart center remain open?
Last year, two hospitals were actually chosen. UMC Utrecht and Erasmus MC were allowed to continue operations by the then Minister of Health Hugo de Jonge, the other hospitals had…