Jessa Hospital & Rehabilitation Centre Herk-de-Stad

Hasselt, Belgium

The rehabilitation center has 90 approved rehabilitation beds, 5 approved COMA beds and an extensive ambulatory rehabilitation service. The center is specialized in the multidisciplinary treatment of patients with a neurological or locomotive disorder. Rehabilitation-specific training and education are given, both for nurses, therapists as doctors and this for internal and external participants. The center offers internships for the nursing, physiotherapy, training occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychology and rehabilitation medicine. In recent years, the rehabilitation center has also made an important contribution to scientific research and works for this together with universities and colleges from inland and abroad . The center has gained experience in robotics, sensor technology, tele-monitoring, prosthetics and orthosis.