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 not hide their dissatisfaction, reported RTV North earlier. A petition was even started to stop the closure of pediatric heart surgery in Groningen: it was signed more than a quarter of a million times. Minister Kuipers therefore indicated at the beginning of last year that he was prepared to reconsider the choice for these locations. He asked the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) to map out the consequences of choosing these two locations.
Why pediatric heart surgery is disappearing from Utrecht and 5 more answers to your questions
