During the first eleven months of the past year, 713 highly complex cancer surgeries were performed

Tomorrow is World Cancer Day. This year its theme is “Closing the Care Gap”

A team from IDIBELL and Bellvitge University Hospital has analyzed the epidemiology of Haemophilus influenzae infection in the last years in the clinical setting

The results show that mortality has been declining and is concentrated mainly on people at risk: those over 65 with comorbidities

Besides, there is an increase in antibiotic resistance

It also led the way in adult living-donor kidney transplants, together with the Hospital Clínic

It performed up to 25 heart transplants in adults, the same figure recorded in two other Spanish hospitals

Overall, Bellvitge Hospital ended the year 2021 as the second health centre with the most adult organ transplants

For the third year in a row, it was also the hospital performing the most kidney transplants in Catalonia

In addition, it was once again the Catalan hospital with the highest number of organ donors and the second in tissue donation

It has also led in heart transplants in Catalonia

On Thursday 13 January, Bellvitge University Hospital opened a vaccination site for the general population, who from now on can book an appointment to get a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine there

Hundreds of people of all ages took part in an exciting and spectacular new edition of the Transplant Run on Saturday, December 18, the charity race for organ donation.