Paediatrics-neonatology

Paediatrics is a branch of medicine that is concerned with children, from their birth to the end of their adolescence. It is therefore a field devoted to subjects undergoing physical, psychological, intellectual, educational, emotional, etc. development. 
The paediatrician is therefore a doctor who specialises in children. 
Paediatricians work with a very broad and extensive field of action: they perform monitoring, preventive and screening tasks and provide health-related education to parents and to children, while also treating acute and/or chronic illnesses.

"The health of the adult is foreseen and prepared in the child’s development."

Paediatric medicine is very different from adult medicine as it concerns a developing and constantly evolving organism. Early diagnosis is even more important in this field of medicine, as it is vital to the future health of the child and a determining factor in terms of the medical prognosis. Neonatology is a subspecialty of paediatrics that concerns new-born infants. The paediatrician and the obstetrician work together to prevent foetal malformations and to treat diseases at birth.

Paediatric consultations at the Europe Hospitals concern the following:

• General paediatrics
• Paediatric pulmonology and allergology
• Neuropaediatrics
• Paediatric endocrinology
• Adolescence medicine
• Paediatric nephrology
• Paediatric gastroenterology
• Child and adolescent psychology

Hospitalisation

Hospitalisation in the paediatric unit takes place only at the St Elisabeth site. A shuttle service can be requested from the St Michel site.

Friends of the Europe Hospitals Fund

The Friends of the Europe Hospitals Fund aims to help the hospital's medical services to improve the patient's experience of care. A ‘Friends of Fund’ is managed by the King Baudouin Foundation. The smooth running of the ‘Friends of’ Fund is ensured by a management committee on which the founders are represented. Donations of €40 or more per year to the Foundation benefit from a tax reduction of 45% of the amount actually paid (art. 145/33 CIR)'. Thanks to the guarantee provided by the King Baudouin Foundation, donors make their donations in complete confidence, knowing that they will be used for the specific projects for which they have been asked.

Our current project: Paediatric playroom project
This project involves providing a new playroom for our paediatric patients by creating a large central room at the heart of the care unit. This space would welcome patients and their families to play (to distract themselves and leave their rooms), to bond (to play with parents and siblings) and to recharge their batteries (to return to calm after a difficult time). We hope to include in the project a provision to take account of the specific needs of certain children through inclusive design.

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Press

25/04/2023 - RTL-TVI - La plateforme qui répertorie la vaccination en Wallonie et à Bruxelles pas du tout à jour: résultat, beaucoup de gens oublient leur rappel - Interview Dr Tayeb Slaouti, Paediatrics

12/07/2022 - RTBF info - Les enfants : désydratation insolation et coups de soleil - Interview Dr Brigitte Verbruggen, Paediatrics