What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search The Vall d'Hebron Clinical Laboratories were created following an integrated transversal model The Vall d’Hebron Clinical Laboratories are the largest hospital laboratories in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. They provide a comprehensive service to the Hospital and primary care centers throughout the city of Barcelona. The Burn Unit, a small hospital within the Hospital The current Vall d'Hebron Burn Unit was launched in 2006 at the Traumatology and Rehabilitation Hospital, although Vall d'Hebron had already been a leader in burns since the late 1960s, when Dr. Jaume Planas was at the head of the Plastic Surgery Service. A new Surgical Block equipped with 19 operating rooms replaces the old rooms from the 1950s The new Surgical Block, with a pioneering model in Europe, represented a technological and quality leap, as it improves efficiency and safety. The Montbau neighborhood grows with the Hospital In the 1960s, a few years after the inauguration of the General Hospital, several housing estates were built, creating a new neighborhood that has grown at the same time as the Vall d'Hebron Hospital has grown. Preventive Medicine finds a place at Vall d'Hebron Hospital The Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service of Vall d'Hebron Hospital has been a pioneer in Catalonia and Spain in the organization of epidemiological surveillance systems for nosocomial infections, and in the surveillance and prevention of biological risk in healthcare personnel. A team from Vall d'Hebron successfully separates two conjoined twins The girls were born conjoined at the abdomen at 32 weeks of gestation. Six months later, they were separated in a complex operation that few teams in the world are capable of performing. Vall d'Hebron performed a pioneering operation in the world as an alternative to intestinal transplantation Professionals from the Vall d'Hebron Pediatric Surgery Service performed the first described intervention in the world to lengthen the duodenum as an alternative to transplantation in patients with short bowel syndrome. Vall d'Hebron performed a pioneering operation in the world as an alternative to intestinal transplantation Professionals from the Vall d'Hebron Pediatric Surgery Service performed the first described intervention in the world to lengthen the duodenum as an alternative to transplantation in patients with short bowel syndrome. Neurosurgery was present at the Hospital since its beginnings Despite the limited technical resources available in the 1950s, neurosurgery had a place in the Hospital from the beginning. The Service was a pioneer in Catalonia and the Spanish State. Numerous protests from public hospitals, including Vall d'Hebron, demanded more freedoms and better working conditions In the early 1970s, there were numerous protests and strikes in Spain led by students and workers, who demanded more freedoms and better working conditions. The Vall d'Hebron Hospital was not left out. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 253 Next page ››