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KIDS’ NEWS
THE BELGIAN KIDS’ FUND FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH &
SCIENTIFIC FUND OF THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA
KIDS’ CARE THE HUMAN TOUCH
THE FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA
” A MAN NEVER STANDS
AS TALL AS WHEN HE KNEELS
TO HELP A CHILD. “
PYTHAGORA
EDITORIAL
THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA
IS 25 YEARS OLD.
cardiac function. This is particularly the case after a
drowning or after complicated and difficult cardiac
surgery.
In children born deaf and dumb, miniaturized surgical techniques also allow the placement of a cochlear
implant enabling them to hear and to learn to speak
normally.
Programs of multidisciplinary care in chronic diseases such as cystic fibrosis have increased the average
life expectancy of patients by 1.2 years a year each
year! This means that patients who died before adolescence now reach adulthood, study and go on to
marry and have children.
Our institution recently celebrated 25 years: on this
occasion, an academic session in the presence of Her
Royal Highness Princess Mathilde took place at the
Palais des Academies in Brussels.
A public hospital is also characterised by the abundance of open consultations (without appointments),
representing nearly 35,000 annual consultations: an
outstanding service to the population of Brussels.
The considerable development of all child care programs can be expressed in a few figures: nearly
150,000 specialty consultations are performed each
year in fields as diverse as heart defects, cystic fibrosis, kidney transplantation or diabetes.
But it is also a daily training course for budding paediatricians and paediatric specialists, as well as nurses and paramedics.
Daily technical feats have increased the life expectancy of our patients, such as for example, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in resuscitation. This
corresponds to an extracorporeal blood circulation
with oxygenation in the intensive care unit for children who temporarily have an insufficient lung or
Finally, scientific research occupies a privileged place
allowing to improve the understanding of diseases
that affect our children, but also the treatments that
are applied.
All of this has resulted in a wonderful three-volume
book published by Laconti. This book relates the epic
story of paediatrics in Brussels, testifies the impor-
tance of all the departments of the hospital to work
with children and, finally, shows the remarkable enthusiasm of the teams to create new activities and to
develop innovative projects. It’s an emotion comparable to the tremendous tool available to those who
are the most precious to us : our children !
Professor Georges CASIMIR
YOU WILL FIND OUR BOOK AT
FILIGRANES OR DIRECTLY AT
THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA.
Hardback version:
80€
Softback version:
50€
Secretariat: Mrs. Régine Duchenne
Tel. 00322-4773221-024772341
ACTIVITIES BKF
A REPORT ON
RESEARCH GRANTS
For over 15 years, the scientific foundation of our
hospital provides scholarships to paediatricians
in training. The goals are threefold. First, to give a
young doctor the opportunity to work in a research
laboratory, to perfect the understanding of complex
mechanisms and, to understand how complex research is but also how very exciting it can be. Subsequently, the young doctor will become a major
player in education and will pass the torch to future
young researchers. He/she will then have the academic profile of a future university teacher, particularly creative and capable of organising an important
department.
During these years, more than 80 research grants of
€ 35,000 have allowed to focus on a large number
of research topics in extremely varied fields of paediatrics. This work contributed to the publication of
scientific articles in international magazines and also
to more than 20 doctoral theses.
Among the grant holders, a particular mention for Dr.
Emily Markessis who worked in the Neurophysiology
laboratory of Professor Deltenre. She studied the entire physiology and mechanism of hearing in children
as well as in an animal (dog). These studies notably
led to the proposal to operate at a much earlier age,
children suffering from profound deafness by placing a cochlear implant at the age of one year, enabling the child to learn a language almost normally.
Dr. Pierre Smeesters studied the genetic aspects of
certain bacteria notably responsible for serious illnesses in children. This analysis was made partly in
Belgium and partly in Brazil. It helped to understand
the differences in these infections in two countries
very far apart and to help understand how to treat
them.
Dr. Julie Désir studied also at the genetic level, families of patients with microcephaly (small head) and
isolated the genes responsible for the phenomenon.
Dr. Nelle Lambert studied the identification and
characterisation of new genes involved in normal
and pathological development of the human cerebral cortex in the laboratory of Professor Pierre
Vanderhaegen, while Dr. Joëlle Vermeulen studied
the genes responsible for the more or less favorable
prognostic of neuroblastoma, a tumor of the adrenal
gland in children.
An additional mention for Dr. Aline Vuckovic who
studied diaphragmatic hernias and the pulmonary
consequences of this malformation. Finally, Dr. Nicolas Lefèvre who studied the sexual difference in inflammation demonstrating that girls have a better
prognosis for acute infections and a poor prognosis
in chronic inflammations, by substantiating the essential role of the X chromosome in the process. We
can see the extraordinary variety of themes considered and their utility in treatment programs for children and improved treatment techniques.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA
– MISSION
Every day, surgeons at CUHQF carry out difficult operations on newborns as well as on older children:
cardiac surgery, digestive, orthopaedic, plastic surgery ... Every day, anxiety grips hearts.
Every day, nearly 300 parents bring a child to the
CUHQF: every day, around 300 times, an aura of apprehension…
Every day nearly 250 children are referred to a specialist at CUHQF: every day, nearly 250 times a day,
this means that the paediatrician does not know that
it may be something serious…
Every day, more often in the winter, a little less in the
summer, 70 children are brought to the emergency
unit at CUHQF, sometimes by ambulance, sirens blaring: every day, 70 times a day, a child and his parents
have a reason to panic…
Every day, children come to the hospital for long and
potentially painful treatments (in principle, our pain
clinic controls this symptom), which are sometimes
continued throughout their lives ... Every time, upon
the announcement of a life long treatment, a project
collapses.
Sometimes, unfortunately, medicine is powerless, a
child dies, leaving only emptiness in the hands of the
parents…
The mission of CUHQF is to collect every day, these
auras of apprehension, these grips of panic, these
deaf concerns and chest-tightening anxieties, the
shattered dreams and projects destroyed, and to assist families who have to confront emptiness.
Every day, anaesthetists put children to sleep at
CUHQF to carry out complex examinations : every
day, dozens of times a day, children and their parents
feel the dawning of a worry…
In order to accomplish the above, the CUHQF can
rely on a competent and dedicated medical, nursing
and paramedical staff as well as technically advanced
equipment. All the staff and all the equipment are, as
much as possible, adapted to the sick child, the child
in need as well as their families.
Every day, at CUHQF, the doctors make serious diagnoses : cancer, cystic fibrosis, orphan disease,
congenital disease, heart disease, retarded development… Each time a dream is broken.
Public authorities take care, for the most part at
least, of the walls, staff salaries, medical equipment,
but there is no word , or “refund” as one would say
for listening, a hug, for encouragement, for a word
of comfort, no more than for a warm environment
that allows the child to sometimes forget he is in a
hospital. The child must be distracted from his physical pain or mental grief, he must be given the urge to
laugh and sing, to grow like any other child, to be allowed to continue to go to school when he is isolated
in the hospital ... It would take pages and pages to
describe everything the CUHQF should have to meet
the needs of sick children and their families in the
field of humanisation.
Unfortunately there are also other “material” needs,
which would be expected to be covered by the public authorities but they remain stranded… some facilities are so expensive, and used too infrequently
to be “ profitable “: the word is out. Who would have
thought that the word “profitability” would find its
place in a text devoted to the sick child? Sponsorship
must also sometimes contribute to machines, treatments and complex analysis…
All this is possible thanks to heart stopping, generous gestures, a lot of dedication, volunteers who give
selflessly to the cause that is the relief of the sick
child and his family . The Friends of the Children’s
University Hospital Queen Fabiola - Kids’ Care appeal to your generosity so that Children’s Hospital
can continue to ease pain and restore life and hope
to children and their families. With all my heart,
THANK YOU!
Professor Philippe GOYENS
SIX
SCHOLARSHIPS
IN 2012!
During the year 2012, six new scholarships were awarded by our foundation: namely Catherine Adler who is
studying infections presented by children born to mothers with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
in the laboratory of Professor Arnaud
Marchand in collaboration with Professor Levy. Simon Baijot is working
on environment and alternative care
of children suffering from hyperactive
and inattention syndrome in collaboration with Professor Bernard Dan.
The third scholarship was awarded to
Sophie Blumenthal who is studying
pneumococcus epidemics and cases
of meningitis in the microbiology
laboratory of the Children’s Hospital
in London. Ariane Willems, in turn, is
evaluating the effects of blood trans-
fusions on paediatric cardiac surgery
with Professor Van der Linden. Bertrand Escalière is developing and
optimising bio-computing tools for
data analysis of paediatric genetic
sequencing with the data centre
and the Genetics Laboratory of the
Faculty of Medicine of ULB. Finally,
Nicolas Lefèvre is studying gender
differences in inflammations and in
particular genes that may depend
on the X chromosome and account
for the difference between girls and
boys in acute and chronic inflammatory disorders.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
OUR TAX APPROVAL
HAS BEEN
RENEWED !
Associations
can
only
survive
through donations and, if necessary
through legacies. Our science fund
(The Belgian Kids’ for Pediatric Research) as well as the humanitarian
association (Kids’ Care for Human
Touch) are obviously no exception to
this rule.
For the process to be adapted to
donors, the fund must have tax approval to enable deductibility of the
donations made.
This tax approval must be renewed
regularly, the longest duration of provision by the state is six years.
Both tax approvals of our foundations have just been renewed for six
years and this is great news . This
news delights us because it shows
both the honesty and the rigor of
management in place enabling further action while benefiting from
the generosity of an informed public
deeply concerned about the well-being of children.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
BKF KIDS’ CARE
TROPHY
THE GARDENS
OF AYWIERS
Each year, Patricia and Alain Limauge
organise in the beautiful gardens of
the old abbey of Aywiers a meeting
of professionals passionate about
gardens and visitors who enjoy an enchanting environment. This is where
visitors can find numerous exhibitors
offering the opportunity to acquire
brilliant plants and shrubs!
These meetings take place twice a
year in the spring and autumn. This is
an opportunity for our director, Françoise Timmermans, to create a twoday village for children: real magic
games as well as exciting, recreational and informative games. Many of
our faithful sponsors are associated
It has become a tradition to organise
an annual golf tournament to benefit alternately one or another of our
foundations thanks to our director
and friend, Baron Hervé van Ypersele.
The president of the support committee, Count Jean-Pierre Launoit,
also generously devotes his time to
these organisations, as well as for
the Optima Open tournament, bringing together tennis stars in Knokke.
It is also worth noting the involvement of Andy Hancock always so effective in making this event a great
success. We must also thank Olivier
Two new directors
This year, two new directors joined
the Board of Directors of our scientific foundation:
Firstly, Professor Frank Collier, urological surgeon best known for remarkable reconstruction interventions in children with urological and
genital abnormalities, and secondly
Prince Amaury de Merode. Both of
them have honoured us in contributing their enthusiasm and their warm
friendship to our work. We are particularly grateful and thank them both.
At the recent golf tournament held
at the Château d’Ardenne in our favour so remarkably organised with
the help of the ever faithful Baron
Hervé van Ypersele and Andy Hancock, Prince Amaury de Merode already present and accompanied by
the Princess de Merode, his wife, we
were rewarded with wonderful raffle
prizes and most friendly words.
Van Marcke de Lummen and his wife
who greeted us in the beautiful surroundings of the Royal Golf Club of
the royal castle in the Ardennes. This
year, the event was a great success
regarding both performance and fun
as well as the generous donations to
our foundation, totaling more than
€ 21.000!
with this event allowing us to recruit
funds which can either pay for scholarships or promote the humanisation
of care while we entertain the children and their families.
We would like to thank all those who
contribute to the success of this
event including the many volunteers
without whom our foundation would
not exist!
Professor Georges CASIMIR
HEALTH RECORD
OBESITY IN CHILDREN:
A MAJOR PROBLEM OF PUBLIC
HEALTH IN INDUSTRIALISED
COUNTRIES.
When looking at pictures of primary school classes
of the 60’s, we can see that every 10 years an overweight child is added to the class photo. Thus, in the
60s, there was one overweight child per class, in the
70’s, there were two, in the 80’s three and in the 90’s
four. Finally, there are now nearly five overweight
children in the classes of our elementary schools!
This issue of concern for the health of our children is
not only due to inadequate dietary habits, it is also
the result of a lack of physical activity and sport,
particularly important. Indeed, over time particularly harmful eating habits develop, mainly due to a
lack of example from parents. Excess sugar, fat, fried
foods, but also sugary drinks such as sodas have invaded the shops and places where children consume
drinks.
In parallel, a lack of activity starts sometimes in very
young children who are placed in front of the television, computers or electronic games. At the same
time, stressed, they eat cookies or chips. Three hours
of inactivity daily can lead to a weight gain of about
1 kg per month in addition to a normal weight increase!
Obesity among children is the start of a great challenge for public health in the twenty-first century: it
is a global problem affecting many countries with
low and middle income, especially in urban areas.
The trend towards obesity has increased at a considerable rate: it is estimated that in 2010 the world
had more than 42 million overweight children. Nearly
35 million of these children live in developing countries.
Overweight and obese children may remain so as
they become adults and they are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease or suffer from diabeties. At the present, we have in our consultations
insulin dependent diabetic children from the age of
seven years. Obesity in children increases the of risk
of premature death and disability in adulthood. They
may also suffer from musculoskeletal disorders early
and especially joint pain or alteration of articular cartilage. Some types of cancer are also linked to excess
weight.
WHO recognises that increasing prevalence of childhood obesity is the result of changes in society. It is
not only a societal and economic change, but also
a change in policies implemented in the field of agriculture, transport, urban planning, environment
and the preparation and distribution as well as the
marketing of food. This problem therefore requires
a multidisciplinary approach both in terms of culture
and education, but also in terms of politics of supply
of different countries and the promotion of physical
activity and sport.
Some countries have established large-scale plans
in an attempt to reduce this type of epidemic. They
promoted a high consumption of fruits and vegetables as well as legumes and whole grains. They proposed to limit energy intake from fat and to reduce
the consumption of saturated fats in favor of unsaturated fats. They also limited the consumption of sugar, especially in beverages, and promoted moderate
to vigorous physical activity at least 60 minutes per
day, taking into account the child’s development and
involving a variety of activities.
Sustained political commitment is essential as well as
public and private policies to improve the behavior
of citizens. This should involve parents, schools, but
also adult education at all levels, including through
the mass media (newspapers and television) which
is indispensable. Particularly favourable experiences
have been noted both in France and Switzerland for
example, demonstrating that at the level of a department, such policies have a particularly effective impact in reducing children’s weight and on the quality
of their physical health.
We must urgently promote such policies in Belgium
to avoid major health problems in future
adults.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT OF THE CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL QUEEN FABIOLA.
The Children’s University
Hospital Queen Fabiola
has launched a modern intensive care unit,
which positions it as one
of the most efficient in
Europe.
The architecture, the
quality of the equipment at a technical level, the
modern computerisation of care and the recording
of all the parametres give children the best chance
for survival for those who are between life and death
allowing for recovery in a particularly welcoming environment for the parents and families.
More than ever, the ICU welcomes the parents of
children even in the most serious and stressful situations: we know that when a child can have his mother
or his father beside him, the prognosis for survival
is improved. As a forerunner, the unit has welcomed
parents since the opening of the hospital.
1700 m2. It offers a built-in bed for parents in each
room, a particularly welcoming interior decoration
and most importantly, a dynamic and enthusiastic
young team of physicians, nurses and paramedics.
We will fondly remember the role of the late Annick
Marnef, former head of the unit in forming a cohesive
team of nurses. The opening of this unit is a tribute
to her memory.
The initial unit lacked space and over the years it
had become obsolete. A large amount of space was
gained through the construction of the terraces of
the hospital, which were previously not attached to a
building, and by the fact that the dialysis unit moved
to the fifth floor, we could build a unit that is virtually
In addition to the intensive care beds, a small independent unit was added on the same floor, a unit
for severely burned victims. The number of severely
burned children that that are transferred to us will
benefit from a unique and privileged place to be
treated under the best conditions.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
ACTIVITIES
KIDS’ CARE IN 2011
Among the many projects supported
are the following:
The asbl Friends of CUHQF - Kids’ Care - spared no
efforts in 2011 to fulfill the mission assigned to it since
1991. This mission promotes the well-being of children in need by supporting efforts to humanize the
reception and care of the sick child and his family as
well as contributing to the quality of care through
support of continuing education for all categories of
personnel who deal with sick children, and the acquisition of medical equipment.
The expenses of Kids’ Care in 2011, amounted to
291,923.15 euros, a record! Forty-two percent of recurrent expenditures were for humanisation projects. Sixteen and twenty-five percent of expenditures were assigned respectively to the training of
personnel and the purchase of medical equipment.
Finally, fifteen percent of expenditures were allocated to operating units and clinical laboratories (furniture, computer equipment, etc.).. Operating costs
represent less than 2% of the total of the ordinary
revenue.
- Entertainment of the hospitalised children
- Clowns to the hospital “Lapsus Lazuli”
- Doctoon (psychological assistance to children
in isolation via a local television network)
- The transport of children to Disneyland, in
collaboration with asbl “Lighter Dreams”
- The “garden hospital” project (gardening
activities around the school Robert Dubois)
- The purchase of games, toys and crafts for
different hospital units
- Monthly maintenance of the aquariums
- Participation in the Circus School, in
collaboration with Robert Dubois School and
the Department of Child Psychiatry
- The refurbishing of waiting rooms
- Courses in Brazilian percussion, climbing
classes, cooking classes…
- The purchase of cameras and video equipment
- The acquisition of revalidation equipment
- Training for Paramedics: neuro-dyspraxia,
sophrology…
In 2011, Friends of CUHQF also contributed to the acquisition and maintenance of expensive equipment.
Examples include the acquisition for the ENT depart-
ment of equipment for the examination of the vestibular function in young children.
All this is of course was only made possible owing
to the generosity of many donors and sponsors. We
sincerely thank you on behalf of all the children who
have been treated and followed at CUHQF. With all
my heart, THANK YOU!
Professor Philippe GOYENS
THE FIRST
STONE OF
THE BUILDING
PROFESSOR
HENRI VIS
The foundations of the new building that will remarkably expand The Children’s University Hospital
Queen Fabiola are currently being dug between the
main building and the Avenue Jean Joseph Crocq.
This new building is essential to the development of
our hospital, which today feels particularly cramped
in a building that became too small to contain all the
activities in development.
A one-day surgical hospital will also be associated
with this new area and will be equipped with 25
beds. Currently, there are only eight.
The entire department of child psychiatry will be installed in this building. Activity potential will be increased by a unit for the care of infants and their
mothers in crisis, a one-day hospital for school-age
children and a complementary Child Psychiatry unit
for older children.
Finally, the hospital administration which is now located in a prefabricated building will be hosted on
the top floor where two auditoriums of different sizes will be located.
The building should be finished in 2014 and therefore
will welcome all these new activities. At the same
time, a large amount of space will become available
in the main building increasing the potential for outpatient consultations which our hospital particularly
needs.
The building will include an ultra modern operating
theatre equipped with a surgical robot for paediatric
surgery. This will be one of the first, if not the first in
Europe.
The new emergency health care unit for children and
the consultation will also be located at the street
front, at the entrance of the hospital.
Professor Henri Steyaert, new head of paediatric surgery, who came to us from the prestigious Centre
Lenval in Nice, one of the best in France, will animate
our institution in this important field.
The maternity and delivery wards will also be assigned to Brugmann Hospital whose activity is growing in this area and it has become the largest in Belgium.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
In 2012, again at the The Children’s University Hospital Queen Fabiola, Björn Borg took a table tennis
lesson with the well-known Belgian champion, JeanMichel Saive who had just returned from the Olympic
games in London.
Ivanisevic won his second Open Optima tournament.
In conclusion, great news for the children and the
staff of our institution.
OPTIMA OPEN
“Unfortunately, a lot of sick children did get an opportunity to go on holiday at the seaside and come
and see us at the Optima Open. Because of this, I felt
is was important for me to come and meet them here
at the hospital to try and put a smile on their faces”
explained Björn Borg.
In 2011 at the Optima Open tennis tournament, John
McEnroe visited our little patients and gave them
some good advice for playing Wii games.
By their presence, Björn Borg and Jean-Michel Saive
expressed their support for the associations Belgian
Kids’ Fund (BKF) and Kids’ Care (KC), supported by
the Optima Open tournament. For every tournament
ticket sold, 1 euro was donated to BKF and KC and a
donation of € 10,000 was offered.
KIDS’ CARE
THANKS CHARITIC
ANGEL’S 2012
23.10.1939 - 19.07.2012
STEPHEN
P. FREIDBERG
A few years ago, Stephen P. Freidberg was the Treasurer of our Science
Foundation: to all those who knew
him, he is remembered as a wonderful man - intelligent, humorous and
generous. He was also the husband
of Elizabeth Strauss, dare I say “our
magnificent Babeth” who as director
put so much energy and creativity in
developing the assets and the image
of our association. With a degree in
International Relations from Stanford,
and the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy, he completed his studies
with a PhD in economics in Geneva.
In 1964, he moved to Brussels and
worked in the office of the European Communities Washington DC. He
then became the Vice President and
Director of International Relations of
the Chemical Bank, first in Brussels
and then in New York. After working as Vice President of Fair Lanes,
a company founded by his grandfather, he returned to Brussels to start
his own consulting firm in public relations. This is where he contributed,
with great dedication and efficiency
in the development of the scientific
foundation of the Children’s Hospital.
Extremely m oved by his death, we
present to his wife and all his family
our deepest condolences.
Professor Georges CASIMIR
Sonia Henrion – Angélique
Lesaffre – Delphine Laforge –
Claire Sauzedde – Antonella
Guillou – Bénédicte Couffon
– Pascal Rousseau – Frédérique de Saint Perier – Audrey
Bossuyt and Hermès – Jean
Van Hamme – Catherine Ullens de Schooten – Christophe
Croonenberghs
–
Valérie Bach – Wim Delvoye
– Eric Boschman – Jean-Michel Loriers – Pierre Marcolini
– Gérald Watelet – Edouard
Vermeulen – Arnaud Adida – Diana Barrault – Valérie Jolly – Mathilde Simon
– Jérôme Revon – Philippe
Farahnick – Alexandre Delhoye – André Abadijan – Pernod Ricard Belgium – Christophe Dufournier – Belfius
Private Banking – Frédéric
Schneegans – Emilie Dujat –
Eric Sauzedde – Emmanuel
Henrion – Jérôme Knaepen
for their generosity, and
FUND BALANCE SHEET OF
”THE BELGIAN KIDS’ FUND FOR PEDIATRIC RESEARCH”
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2011
Balance sheet as at 31/12/2011 (in euros)
2011
2010
ASSETS
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets
241
2,181,651
1,865,244
2,682
45
4,878
39
15
57
2,184,393
1,870,218
2011
2010
LIABILITIES
16,776 Holdings as of 31 Dec 2011
Accounts payable
Miscellaneous receivables
Recievables from inheritances
Investments
Disposable income
Receivable interest
343.370
1,765,100
75.380
302
TOTAL ASSETS
2,184,393 1,8701,218
5,493
REVENUE
2011
Donations
Subsidies
Miscellaneous shares
Donations
Other revenue
48,472
35.000
33,785
330,765
589
880
10,919
Suppliers
1,766,880 Fiscal debts
80.811
258 Accrued expenses
2010
TOTAL LIABILITIES
EXPENSES
53,385 Research (Grants)
35.000 Fund raising events
50,097 Running costs
Depreciation
493 Taxes
154,006 Financial expenses
Depreciation on realisation of assets
Hertiage allotment
TOTAL REVENUE
2010
Holdings
Current Assets
Financial products
Capital gains on realisation of assets
2011
460.410
292,981 TOTAL EXPENSES
99.000
14.430
26.213
241
3,668
134,541
11,557
27.180
241
8,122
196
255
4,845
38,082
316,407
68,413
460.410
292,981
OUR SPECIAL
THANKS TO ALL
OUR VOLUNTEERS
Ines Bally, Olivia Bally, Catherine Bauraind, Yvonne
Behiels, Robin Bertrand, Véronique Biglia, Brigitte
Boonen, Pascalou Borremans, Jennyfer Broze, Ophélie
Broze, Louis Philippe Broze, Eric Cabuy, Francis
Canteraine, Christiane Charlent, Franck Depaifve,
Jean-Luc Dossche, Léopold Draps, Mary Duchateau,
Carlos Faucon, Dominique Fauvarque, Chantal Floor,
Carla Floor, Mme Gonzales, Thomas Harckmans,
Mrs. Joris, Barbara Kuborn, Mme Lachenal, Friedel
Laperre, Fabienne Lenain, Céline Lust, Gauthier Lust,
Joelle Mahieu, Marie Majorin, Karin van Marcke de
Lummen, Fatima Martins, Philippe Massart, Sylvie
Massaux, Danièle van Meerbeeck, Alain Mettens,
Marie-Thérèse Minne, Alix Montuir, Apolline Mourlon
Beernaert, Gérald Mourlon Beernaert, Sophie
Mourlon Beernaert, Dominique Niemegeerts, Sabine
Penelle, Mrs. Petit, Marie Pok, Mrs. Quatpers, Danielle
Quinart, Hélène de Roubaix, Anne-Christine Roussel,
Virginie Remion, Jacqueline Roy, Berrin Saglam,
Laurence Schadeck, Dina Scheppens, Rubina Seydel,
Mrs. Stockmans, Bernard Struye, Nadine Terlinden,
Marc Timmermans, Thomas Timmermans, Virginie
Timmermans, Catherine Ullens de Schooten, Catherine
Van der Stichelen Rogier, Anne Vieslet
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013
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PUBLISHER
This newsletter is a realisation of
Laconti Art Editions for the Kid’s Fund
for Paediatric Research and Kid’s Care
for Human Touch.
EDITORS
Professor Georges CASIMIR and
Professor Philippe GOYENS
EDITORIAL COORDINATION
Etienne VISART
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Serge FONTEYNE and
Laurence DECOCK, Trait d’Esprit
The Belgian Kids’ Fund
for Pediatric Research
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Pediatric Research
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Mrs. Françoise TIMMERMANS, Administrator and Director of BKF/KC
Board of Directors BKF: Professor Arsène BURNY, President
- Mrs. Jacqueline SIMON, Vice-President - Professor Georges
CASIMIR, Secretary - Mr. Robert CAMBERLAIN, Treasurer
- Mr. Jacques ANDRE - Professor Samy CADRANEL - Mr.
Jean CHRISTIAENS - Professor Frank COLLIER - Mr. Paul
DAMBLON - Professor Marc-Henri DE LAET - Mr. Alain DE
MUYNCK - Professor Philippe GOYENS - Professor Philippe
LEPAGE - Professor Jack LEVY - Mrs. Fatima MARTINS
- Prince Amaury de MERODE - Mrs. Catherine ULLENS de
SCHOOTEN - Bharon Hervé van YPERSELE de STRIHOU
Board of Directors KC: Professor Philippe GOYENS,
President - Mr. Alain DE MUYNCK, Vice-President - Mrs.
Danielle QUINART, Secretary - Mr. Bernard STRUYE de
SWIELANDE, Treasurer - Doctor Walter BURNIAT - Professor
George CASIMIR - Mr.Jean CHRISTIAENS - Mr. Bernard de
LANTSHEERE - Professor Philippe LEPAGE - Mrs. MarieThérèse MINNE - Mrs. Catherine ULLENQS de SCHOOTEN
- Mr. Paul VAESSEN - Mrs. Aline VIS - Mr. Christian WIENER,
Vice-President
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Erik SPRINGAEL (NL) and
Jacqueline van OSTEN (EN)
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