ULB Approves Merger of its University and Public Brussels Hospitals
The decision by the Board of Directors paves the way for the creation of the Brussels University Hospitals (HUB) from January 1, 2027, pending competition authority approval.
By Olivier Dubois
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The ULB Board of Directors has given its approval for the merger of the Brussels University Hospital (H.U.B) with CHU Saint-Pierre and the Hôpitaux Iris Sud. This decision marks a key step towards the creation of the future Brussels University Hospitals in January 2027, aiming to enhance university and public medicine in the heart of the capital.
Following the approval from the relevant municipal councils, the decision by the ULB Board of Directors is a crucial step towards the establishment of the Brussels University Hospitals (HUB) starting January 1, 2027. This merger, awaiting approval from the competition authority, will enable the sharing of common governance, management, and strategy, while preserving the legal identity and accreditation of each institution.
Initiated in 2021 with the creation of H.U.B, which brought together the academic hospital Erasme, the Jules Bordet Institute, and the Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital, this dynamic has already fostered medical and scientific collaborations, improved financial standing, and restored investment capacity. The new hospital group will extend these synergies to CHU Saint-Pierre and the Hôpitaux Iris Sud.
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"I am delighted with the decision made by the Board today. The challenge of this merger is to build a model that will benefit patients, healthcare staff, the hospitals in the group, and the university. It represents a strong commitment and a solid shared ambition with our historical partners, for cutting-edge, community-based medicine that is both public and academic at the heart of Europe's capital."
This merger aims to strengthen collaborations among the medical, nursing, and scientific teams. It also seeks to foster exchanges between clinical research, healthcare professional training, and medical practice, ensuring that scientific advancements directly benefit patients across all institutions.
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"Major medical breakthroughs rarely stem from a single discipline or team. By bringing our hospital institutions together, we aim to create the conditions for a new scale of collaboration between researchers, doctors, and caregivers, placing interdisciplinarity at the core of this dynamic. This also embodies our university mission: ensuring that research informs training, clinical experience advances knowledge, and patients benefit from these advancements."
