The Rising Trend of Dutch Smokers Traveling to Belgium for Affordable Tobacco

The Rising Trend of Dutch Smokers Traveling to Belgium for Affordable Tobacco

Every month Armanda from Breda and Kasper from Tilburg travel to Belgium to get tobacco there. And they are far from alone in this. Tobacco is now so expensive in the Netherlands that more than half of smokers in the south and east drive abroad for it. This is evident from research by trade organization … Read more

Bakery Beukeveld: Overcoming Financial Challenges Amidst Energy Price Hikes, Raw Material Upsurges, and COVID-19 Shutdowns

Bakery Beukeveld: Overcoming Financial Challenges Amidst Energy Price Hikes, Raw Material Upsurges, and COVID-19 Shutdowns

Bakery Beukeveld has a debt of 2.5 to 3 million euros. ‘The baker was in the corner where the blows fell. First there was the forced closure due to corona, then the enormously increased energy prices. In recent years, this was overtaken by a significant increase in raw material prices. Wheat and flour have turned … Read more

Joël’s Mission: Making the Film World More Inclusive – A Promising Future in Film and Theater

Joël’s Mission: Making the Film World More Inclusive – A Promising Future in Film and Theater

When asked what Joël would like to do after his training, he answers: “I am currently so deeply involved in the film world, I am never going to leave. I really love telling stories, so after my education I will focus on film and theater. I have set out, as a mission, to make the … Read more

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Stroke Patient Outcomes

Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve Stroke Patient Outcomes

Dr. Theo van Walsum, one of the initiators of the lab: ‘We want to use artificial intelligence to help stroke patients from the 112 moment to rehabilitation. The care pathway After a stroke there are many moments of choice. We want to develop modern AI to help healthcare professionals and patients make better choices.’ Personalized … Read more

Treant Infection Center: A Revolutionary Approach to Inflammatory Diseases and Infectious Conditions

Treant Infection Center: A Revolutionary Approach to Inflammatory Diseases and Infectious Conditions

“I really had a war with my body for a while.” This is how Anita Elling describes her battle with Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine. The Scheper Hospital in Emmen has established the Treant Infection Center especially for people with an inflammatory disease. Internist-infectiologist Sander van Assen is one of the … Read more

ANPZorg employees file summary proceedings in February to prevent job loss due to long Covid

ANPZorg employees file summary proceedings in February to prevent job loss due to long Covid

ANPZorg employees in summary proceedings in February against job loss due to long Covid NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 12:35 As of today, healthcare workers who contracted Covid in the first corona wave and developed long-term complaints (long Covid) can register with the Ministry of Health for compensation. Long-term ill healthcare workers receive a one-off amount of 15,000 … Read more

Rising Healthcare Costs in the Netherlands: An Analysis by Nieuwsuur and Experts

Rising Healthcare Costs in the Netherlands: An Analysis by Nieuwsuur and Experts

NOSGP with patient Coen Nij Bijvank editor Nieuwsuur Coen Nij Bijvank editor Nieuwsuur Dutch people will pay almost ten percent more for their health insurance next year. The government expects that the premium for basic insurance will increase by 12 euros per month, to an average of 149 euros. The ever-growing healthcare costs invariably led … Read more