Erasmus Hospital
Erasmus Hospital (French: Hôpital Érasme, Dutch: Erasmus Ziekenhuis) is a teaching hospital in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. It is a research hospital associated with the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and was opened in 1977. It has 1,048 beds and 4,000 employees, treating between 25,000 and 30,000 inpatients and between 350,000 and 400,000 outpatients each year.
| Erasmus Hospital Hôpital Érasme (in French) Erasmus Ziekenhuis (in Dutch) | |
|---|---|
Main entrance of Erasmus Hospital | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Route de Lennik / Lennikse Baan 808, B-1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Funding | Non-profit hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 1,048 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1977 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.erasme.ulb.ac.be |
The hospital is named after the Dutch humanist writer and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam who, in the 16th century, stayed in the so-called Erasmus House in central Anderlecht, near the Church of St. Peter and St. Guidon. It can be accessed from Erasme/Erasmus metro station on line 5 of the Brussels Metro.
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