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For the first time in Belgium, a woman fell pregnant using one of her frozen eggs, thanks to a technique implemented by the fertility clinic at UZ Brussels hospital in Jette.
Surgeons at the University Hospital Leuven (UZ Leuven) have succeeded in placing a new cardiac valve in a one-year-old baby via a catheter in the liver, which is a world first.
A patient who opts for a single room in a hospital in Flanders rarely pays a supplement of more than 100% of the total bill.
Staff at the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in Rixensart, Walloon Brabant, dumped 45 litres of liquid contaminated by live polio virus into the river Laan, the federal health ministry has
In the decade to 2012, the number of back surgeries in Belgium rose by 40%.
The majority of Belgians wait until they are around the age of 50 before going to the doctor for a check-up of their heart and arteries.
According to a report by the Federal Monitoring and Evaluation commission, the number of annual notifications of euthanasia in Belgium has nearly doubled since 2010.
The Belgian Bone Marrow Donor Registry has set an age limit of 40 years for donors to register, report De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad.
As a precautionary measure, the Superior Health Council has sent guidelines to all hospitals and doctors in Belgium on how to deal with patients who have the Ebola virus.
