The Neurosurgery Service of the Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB) has been designated as a Reference Centre for rotations of young neurosurgeons of the member societies of the Latin American Federation of Neurosurgery (FLANC). This certification comes shortly after the accreditation of the Service as a European Centre Training of Excellence.
A team of professionals from the Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health of this Madrid’s Hospital visited the Pathological Gambling Unit of Bellvitge Hospital de on 19 January.
A large-scale study led by Duke University School and Durham Veterans Affairs, in which researchers from IDIBELL and the Bellvitge University Hospital have participated, has identified four genes associated with an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior.
The sharp increase in the Pathological Gambling and Behavioral Addictions Unit could be one of the lockdown’s consequences on mental health in the medium and long term. In the last decade, there had already been a growth of this type of consultations, but the figures since 2021 have skyrocketed.
It can take months before patients and families recognise that a disorder exists and reach out to healthcare providers.
Warning signs include relevance to the person's life, loss of self-control and withdrawal from other social, leisure and work/school activities.
The director of the Arrhythmia Unit at Bellvitge Hospital (HUB), Dr Ignasi Anguera, took part in the 4th European Value-Based Procurement Conference in Brussels, Belgium, on 15 December. During this event, the innovative public procurement model for defibrillators, which is being promoted within the ICS Southern Metropolitan Area as part of the Adele project, was introduced.