Belgium ready to offer 60 rehabilitation places for patients coming from Ukraine – Belgium
Belgium is going to offer the Ukrainian authorities to make 60 places available in rehabilitation centers to accommodate patients suffering from spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries or polytrauma including amputations. This proposal, validated at the federal level, is made following requests from kyiv in this direction, indicates Thursday the office of the Minister of Public Health Frank Vandenbroucke.
These 60 initial places would be distributed among various specialized rehabilitation centres. In addition, it would be 10 places reserved for people with spinal cord injuries, patients who would go for a specific, multidisciplinary and intensive approach. Fifty places would be considered for other types of patients (locomotor and/or neurological rehabilitation), requesting less heavy rehabilitation, which should be possible on an outpatient basis from a certain moment.
A consultation will still follow with the Ukrainian authoritiesas well as with federated entities.
Soon after the start of the Russian invasion, countries across the EU have reserved hospital beds for the reception of people put in difficulty by the war, such as people in need of care but forced to flee. From the beginning of March, Belgium had announced the provision of 150 hospital beds for war victims or patients from Ukraine, ie 120 hospital beds, fifteen beds reserved for severe burn victims and fifteen beds for intensive care.
These 60 initial places would be distributed among various specialized rehabilitation centres. In addition, it would be 10 places reserved for people with spinal cord injuries, patients who would go for a specific, multidisciplinary and intensive approach. Fifty places would be considered for other types of patients (locomotor and/or neurological rehabilitation), requesting less heavy rehabilitation, which should be possible on an outpatient basis from a certain moment. Consultation will still follow with the Ukrainian authorities, as well as with the federated entities. Soon after the start of the Russian invasion, countries across the EU reserved hospital beds for people made difficult by the war, such as people in need of care but forced to flee. From the beginning of March, Belgium announced the provision of 150 hospital beds for war victims or patients from Ukraine, i.e. 120 hospital beds, fifteen beds reserved for severe burns and fifteen care beds are stepping up.