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The average family doctor in Belgium does 2,500 consultations a year
GP shortage hits Limburg hardest
Doctors’ union claims problem is “underestimated”

One in four municipalities in Flanders is suffering a shortage of family doctors, with the situation wors in Limburg province, according to figures published last week by the medical insurance agency Riziv. Across Belgium, Limburg is beaten only by Luxembourg province, where there is a shortage in 90% of all communes. In the country as a whole, 166 of the total of 589 municipalities have too few doctors - one in three.
Alan Hope
(August 25, 2024)
One jab brings relief from liver ailment

Patients suffering from swollen livers as a result of cysts could find relief with a simple injection given once a month, researchers at the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) have found. The team under Professor Frederik Nevens, who worked on the project together with the St Radhoud hospital in Nijmegen in the Netherlands, estimates as many as 750 people in Flanders could be treated.

AH
(August 25, 2024)