Press

Brussels, 28 February 2025 – In Belgium, one in twenty people is affected by a rare disease. But beyond the often complex diagnosis, these
patients face a "double burden": the disease itself and the numerous systemic obstacles to accessing care. On the occasion of Rare Disease
Day, an open letter signed by Franck Devaux, Ethicist and President of the Ethics Committee at HUDERF, Coordinator of the Rare Diseases
Function at H.U.B, and Professor Béatrice Gulbis, Director of the Rare Diseases Function at H.U.B and Co-Coordinator of EuroBloodNet, the
European Reference Network for rare hematological diseases, calls for collective awareness and concrete actions to ensure fairer and more
inclusive care.

The Department of Gynaecology recently inaugurated a new fully equipped unit dedicated to outpatient hysteroscopy at the Erasmus Hospital. The H.U.B is the third French-speaking centre in Belgium to propose this operative procedure during consultations for patients with abnormal uterine bleeding due to an intracavitary pathology. Dr. Ludovica Imperiale, gynaecologist specialised in minimally invasive surgery and head of the H.U.B Bleeding Clinic, discusses the benefits of offering such an integrated approach to hysteroscopy.

The Department of Interventional Radiology at the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) is now proposing a promising and minimally invasive new treatment for adhesive capsulitis. Clinical results obtained to date confirm its effectiveness where other treatments have failed, even in the most advanced cases.

Brussels, 29th February 2024 – The teams at the Department of Gastroenterology and Digestive Oncology of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute propose a fast track diagnosis of colorectal cancer for patients showing warning signs, a positive result for the presence of blood in the stools or at high risk. On 20 and 21 March a giant colon will be installed in the lobby of the Erasmus Hospital and Jules Bordet Institute. Professionals from our institutions will be present to accompany you as you discover this organ and to stress the importance of colorectal cancer screening.