Maria Middelares General Hospital and St Vincent General Hospital in Deinze move toward becoming non-profit organisations

Maria Middelares General Hospital and St Vincent General Hospital in Deinze, trusted partners in staffing cooperation and both members of the E17 Hospital Network, announced in June that they wanted to further shape their collaboration with a view to creating a more sustainable future. The hospitals have signed a protocol agreement with the explicit intention to form a single non-profit association that administers two general hospitals as from 1 January 2024. Each hospital will maintain its designation as a general hospital.

An important step toward our shared future was the inauguration on 1 January 2023 of a single steering committee responsible for the various care sites (Aalter, Deinze, Ghent and Ghent-Brugges), for which a common mission and vision will be developed. The merger into a single steering committee offers
the chance to tailor our hospital organisation and prepare it for the future.