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Healthcare without borders?
verschenen in RandKrant February 2025
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Language barriers also appear to exist within the healthcare system, as Dutch-speaking patients in Brussels hospitals often encounter difficulties accessing care in their native tongue.
Dutch speakers from Brussels and the Rand are cautious about where they go, preferring the hospital in Jette to Erasmus or Saint-Luc. They seem to have prepared a mental checklist list just to be on the safe side. The language barrier often becomes an obstacle to care, with Dutch and French speakers tending to favour their own hospitals, depending on the perspective and developments within the healthcare system.