“Nothing but good about the dead, but you can only tell good about Jan”, says Eddie De Block, ex-mayor and a doctor himself. He was also shocked when he heard the news from his sister Maggie on Monday morning. “He was a very jovial man with the necessary professionalism. A great colleague who clicked well. He is a bit older than me, but our children are about the same age. As a result, we sometimes saw each other at the school gate, where we had a chat. Jan was also a known general practitioner in our municipality. He joined the group practice of ‘Jan’ Kartounian, which resulted in one of the first group practices in our country. And when doctor Kartounian stopped working as a professor at the VUB, Vandevoorde started teaching general practice. I had graduated a long time then, but I heard from young doctors who graduated that he did it very well. That doesn’t surprise me at all. A family man who was also very competent and friendly. ”
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