HUDERF (Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital)

Emergency Phone Number

02/477 38 07

Children arriving tho the Emergency Department are quickly assessed and sent to the right Department.

Address

J.J. Crocq Avenue, 15

1020 Brussels

General Phone Number

02/477 33 11

Admission Phone Number

02/477 31 39

02/477 32 71

Website

www.huderf.be/fr/virtu/go.asp

Neonatal Intensive Care * and Non Intensive Care Units

The Intensive Care Unit is located at The Queen Fabiola Children's Hospital.

The Non-Intensive Care Unit is located at The Brugmann Hospital. These 2 Units are on the 1st floor (follow the signposts "Néonatalogie") and are connected by a footbridge.

Phone Number

02/477 32 50

Unit Koala : 02/477 34 19

Administrative Department

02/477 34 19

Website

www.huderf.be/fr/med/neonat/

Head Department Doctor

Anne-Britt Johansson

The Neonatologist Consultants

* Dr.Laurence Dewulf
* Dr.Vinciane Vlieghe
* Dr.Anna Amoruso
* Dr.Daniela Avino
* Dr.Julie De Buyst

Ward Sister

Muriel Born

02/477 34 19

Neonatalogy Unit

The Neonatal Unit provides care for newborn babies requiring specialist treatment (premature and low weight babies) and babies needing surgery. The Unit can provide a full range of specialized intensive care.

Some of these babies are severely premature (less than 26 weeks, normal pregnancy is 40 weeks), weigh less than 1kg or require surgery.

Koala Unit has 5 cots with shower for mothers.

A dining room facility is provided for the parents.

In case of re-hospitalization in the Maternity Unit for 2 or 3 days, the mother and her newborn baby will have access to full service including meals.

The Perinatal Counseling team is composed of peadopsychiatrist and psychologists.

Social Manager

Edwige Colmant

02/477 32 98

Visits

Unless specific authorization given by the health care team, only parents are allowed to visit their child.

Overnight Stay of the Parent

A parent may stay with his child  in the hospital as long as there are no medical reasons against it. In private rooms, an adult bed is always available.

The parents are also welcome in a guest house near the hospital

02/477 29 25

J.J. Crocq Avenue, 19 1020 Brussels

The price for the overnight stay including breakfast is 10€ per person.

The price for the overnight stay for both member of the family is 17,50 €.

Meals for Parents

Meals are available in the room at the following cost :

3,20 € for breakfast

6,40 € for lunch

4,95 € for dinner

Meals tickets can be purchased at the Admission Office located on the ground floor and handed to the nurse of the Unit (before 10am).

There is a restaurant in the hospital.

Opening hours

Weekdays: from 11:30am to 2:pm

At weekends, from 11:45am to 1:45pm.

Cost :

5 € for the day's specials or a cold plate

6,65 € for the day's special including soup starter, main course or grill and dessert.

The cafeteria is located in the hall of the Children's Hospital and offers a choice of sandwiches, snacks and drinks.

Shop and Facilities

Lounges equiped with fridge, microwave, stove and kitchenware are open to parents of 

hospitalized children to relax and eat, especially in the Haemotology and Oncology Unit.

A key is avalaible from the nurse of the relevant unit.

A shop is located in the main hall near the entrance of the hospital and offers a choice of basic items, flowers, newspapers, toyas, etc.

A supermarket is located at the entrance of Brugmann Hospital (Adult Hospital), on Van Gehuchten Place.

A Cashmachine is situated at the entrance of Brugmann Hospital, opposite the Auditorium PP Lambert.

Lounges

By Car

Take the Leopold II tunnel - exit Basilica

Turn right on Ave. J. Sermon, then Ave. D. Poplimont, Ave. World's Fair, follow the signposts for "Children's Hospital Queen Fabiola"

From the Ring: Take exit 9 and follow the signposts for "Childrens Hospital Queen Fabiola.

By Public Transport

Bus

Line 53: stop "Crocq"

Line 88: stop "Cité Jardin"

Line n17 (Noctis): stop "Crocq"

De Lijn 245: stop "Place Van Gehuchten"

Tram

Line 94: stop "Stiénon"

Line 19, 51

Underground

Line 1A direction "Hermann-Debroux" : station "Houba-Brugmann"

Line 2: direction "Simonis", Simonis station and take the connection line 1A to the station "Houba-Brugmann"

Train

Midi Station, then tram 81 direction "Heysel" stop "De Greef"

Central Station, then metro "Roi Baudouin", Station "Houba-Brugmann"

Jette Station: 10 min walk.

Car Parks

A small car park is located on the outskirts of the main entrance.

A larger free car park 700m from the Hospital (Stade Roi Baudouin)

Please be aware that some parking areas around the hospital are in the blue zone, limiting the authorization to 2 hours, or more if you have a special permit.

Paediatric Medicine

Queen Fabiola Children's Universitary Hospital provides a full range of General Paediatric Medicine with Inpatient and Outpatient Services.

These include paediatric endocrinology, paediatric gastroenterology, paediatric neurology, paediatric allergy and paediatric infectious disease services, paediatric oncology and paediatric haematology.

General Phone

02/477 33 11

Inpatient Information Number

02/477 31 39

Outpatient Phone Number

Each Outpatient Unit has his own phone number.

www.huderf.be/fr/consult/consult.asp

Paediatric Surgery:

- Cardiac: 31 79

- General: 31 20-21

- Digestive: 32 16

- Urology: 21 52

- Orthopedic - Trauma: 31 20-21

- Oncology: 32 16

- Chest: 32 16

- Plastic: 31 21-21

Paediatric:

- General: 31 20-21

- Adoption: 31 20-21

- Cardiology: 31 79

- Diabetology: 31 85

- Endocrinology: 31 20-21

- Gastroenterology: 32 16

- Genetics: 32 16

- Hemato-Oncology: 31 20-21

- Infection: 31 20-21

- Sleep: 31 21-21

- Sport: 31 20-21

- Metabolic Nutrition: 23 16

- Neonatology: 31 20-21

- Nephrology: 21 52

- Neurology: 31 74

- Obesity: 31 20-21

- Psychiatry: 31 80

- Chest: 31 70

Other Specialized Departments:

- Anesthesiology: 31 20-21

- Dermatology: 31 20-21

- Pain: 31 46

- Ophthalmology: 31 83

Head Director

Alain De Muynck

02/477 32 09

Board of Head Doctors

Professor Georges Casimir

Professor Philippe Goyens

Dr. Abdallah Kanfaoui

02/477 32 21

Head of the Nursing Department:

Jan Foubert

02/477 32 21

Head of the Nursing Department

Jan Foubert

02/477 31 10

Specifications of the Paediatric Hospital

The Queen Fabiola Children's Universitary Hospital has a total of 168 beds in the Inpatient Paediatric wards :

- General peadiatric unit: 90 beds

- Paediatric surgery : 30 beds

- Intensive care unit : 10 beds

- Neonatal intensive care unit : 20 beds

- Child and Adolescent psychiatric unit : 18 beds

All the specialist works togheter closely in order to help children and their family as best as they can.

The hospital is recognized as a Peadiatric Referral Centre for several medicine specialities including acute and chronic complex diseases : diabete, cystic fibrosis, metabolic diseases,

The Neonatal and Maternity Units are called "Hôpital Ami des Bébés" (Hospital Babies Friends)

The institution has a perinatal center and works closely with Brugmann Hospital (gynecology and obstetrics)

Adoption Unit

The Adoption Unit offers support for the adopted children and their parents and works closely with all the differents medical specialities (for nutritional problems for example). The psychological and economical problems related to adoption are also examined.

Psychiatric Department

This Unit contains 6 areas :

Consultation and connection Psychiatry (children are followed from unit to unit), Psychiatric hospital (10 beds K), Day Care Center for children 0-3 years, the Reference Center for Autism and Invasive development' Disorders.

Infrastructure

Most of the departments possess a room with television. The "recovery room" is specificaly decorated for the children. A room for breastfeeding is available on the  ground floor near the Consultation Room.

A bathroom with shower is also available for parents in each unit.

Visits

Visitings hours are from 2pm to 8pm.

There are specific visiting hours for the Intensive Care Unit (62), Neonatal Department (63) and Child Psychiatry (69K). Parents must check the timings with the medical team of the relevant department.

Phone

There is a public phone (with Proton card) in the main hall of the Hospital.

Phone cards are available at Admission.

You can also use the phone in the bedroom (except in some Units) allowing you to receive calls  free of charge.

The outgoing calls will be charged.

To Call a Patient

1. Dial 02/477 22 00

2. After the voice message, enter the 2 digits for the Unit follow by the bedroom.

Television

A television is available in each room.

A guarantee of 35 € is required and paid for at Admission.

You can also buy a remote controle in a specific shop.

To activate the television, you must buy a card: 3 € for the 1st day  then gradually less, according to the lenght of stay.

Loan of Books

The volunteers of " The Red Cross" will visit the children and offer them a choice of books.

Fridge and Microwave

A fridge and a microwave are available in each Unit.

Psychological support is available on request for the child and his family.

Intercultural Mediation

Advisors :

Abdelhamid Chetti

02/477 28 96

Fax 02/477 31 64

abdelhamid.chetti@huderf.be

Said El-Amrani

said.elamrani@huderf.be

Complaints Department

Abdelhamid Chetti

02/477 28 96

abdelhamid.chetti@huderf.be

Spiritual support (religion and secular)

Each advisor can be contacted via the nursing staff.

An "Oasis" room is available for the parents to relax, unwind, pray, meditate, ...

Social Department

02/477 32 66

Head of Social Department

Myriam Damblon

Unit 63, 65

Lieve De Cang

02/ 477 32 66

Volunteers at the hospital

The Red Cross volunteers are present in the hospital to lend books, help the families and organize leisures.

School "Robert Dubois"

Director

Paul Vaessen

02/477 31 63

The school welcomes the children of all levels (nursery, junior and senior).

Schedules are established in accordance to the health status of the child and the requirements of each Unit Department.

There is a Center of Educational Guidance which helps the child if necessary.

The lessons are given in the classroom, at the bedside during the medical treatments (dialysis), in the Day Hospital and at home after the hospitalization.

The teachings methods try to follow the individual school programs. Lessons take place every days in the morning after the doctors have seen the children, generaly, from 9am until midday.

Students have lunch under the supervision of the teachers and then return to their Unit after for a rest.

In the afternoon, there are several possibilities :

- Continuation of the usual programm (in accordance with the school program)

- Learning by themes, development of a nature project

-Observation of the nature through the seasons

- Sport activities, artistic activities, initiation to IT (computers)

- Walks in the garden of The Brugman Hospital

Students are employed by the city of Brussels to organize activities during school holidays.

Patient Billing

Myriam Damblon

02/477 32 52

Opening hours

From 9am to 4pm

Down Payment and Rates

A minimum of € 150 down payment is required for a stay of at least 3 days. The amount is calculated according to the likely duration of the stay at the hospital.

The down payment is then calculated from the final invoices.

Payment

Bancontact/Mister Cash/Visa/Eurocard/American Express