In accordance with the decree of the Government of the continuation of the confinement due to the state of alarm declared because of the pandemic of COVID-19, we are forced to keep canceling all the outpatient rehabilitation activity as well as the consultations external until further notice. However, the hospital will continue to provide patient and family support services in terms of its...
For the Institut Guttmann the most important is the health and care of our patients, and the safety and health of our professionals; That is why the Management has implemented a series of measures to combat the pandemic of the SARS-COV-2. The aim is to preserve the health of our care staff in order to ensure the continuity of their function; while restricting activity to the minimum required in...
Following recommendations of the Health and Administrative Authorities, and given the situation of maximum alert and exceptionality in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic: Starting March 15th, patient visits are restricted to only one person per patient. This person should always be the same, at least while the regulations of the current emergency situation remain, in order to avoid...
Following the recommendations of the health authorities and given the current exceptional situation due to the expansion of the coronavirus, and as a provisional measure of prevention and containment, and to: 1. Avoid unnecessary spread of the virus especially among hospitalized patients who are most vulnerable. 2. Guarantee and preserve the safety of health professionals to enable them to...
The Institut Guttmann follows the protocol in relation to the COVID-19 coronavirus, currently in the containment phase, in accordance with the procedures established by the Department of Salut of the Generalitat based on the recommendations of the Ministry of Health, of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Informative meetings have...
Last Thursday, the Institut Guttmann and the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital held at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) the minority illness day that is jointly organized each year on the occasion of World Day. On this occasion the meeting was under the title 'Multidisciplinary approach to minority diseases', offering a dialogue between different specialties and a global approach...
This year the "Zurich Marathon of Barcelona 2020" will carry out a large fundraising campaign through micro-donations on the migranodearena.org platform, in which runners can create their challenge supporting the cause with which they feel committed. There are already 61 solidarity challenges that raise funds for various causes in the fundraising campaign Zurich Barcelona Marató 2020. One of the...
As every year, the Christmas holidays have come to the neurorehabilitation hospital with excitement. A group of professionals set up as a choral group offered a repertoire of Christmas carols to patients and relatives, getting everyone encouraged to sing and have a good time, thus opening the celebrations of this holiday. Catalan rumba was the star of the party aimed at adult patients and their...
The Institut Guttmann Foundation incorporates Professor Álvaro Pascual-Leone into its clinical team to promote the Guttmann Brain Health Institute initiative in the new Guttmann Barcelona building. Álvaro Pascual-Leone, neurologist and professor at Harvard Medical School is today the most cited Spanish neuroscientist in current scientific literature, considered one of the most influential...
The Minister of Health of the Government of Andorra, Mr. Martínez Benazet, has come to the hospital accompanied by Dr. Josep M. Piqué, director of the Andorran health care service, Dr. Marcel Prats, care director, and Ms. Helena Mas, Secretary of State for Health. After a working meeting with members of the Institut Guttmann management team, they have been able to take a tour of the main...
