Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
About the center
ALS/MND Unit of the University Hospital of Bellvitge – Miquel Valls Foundation The Motor Neurone Disease Unit of the University Hospital of Bellvitge in collaboration with Miquel Valls Foundation provides multidisciplinary and specialized care for people with ALS or other Motor Neurone Diseases (more than150 persons attended for year); database of patients; collaboration and promotion of clinical trials and ALS research, together with INP (Institute of Neuropathology of HUB) and IDIBELL (Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge); Biobank Idibell (DNA and other samples of ALS patients).
Miquel Valls Foundation is a non lucrative organization that aims to improve the quality of life of people suffering from ALS and offer support to their families, as well as fighting the disease by promoting research in ALS. The Foundation provides assistance for people with ALS and families through support and advice by socials workers, occupational therapists and psychologist (more than 350 families attended every year in Catalonia); supply of specialized equipment (Bank of assistive technology products); coordination of medical and social ALS care; promotion and collaboration in ALS research.
