Why choose the GLOBAL CARE CLINIC?

- Safety, Quality and Service for a Fair Price -

1. SAFETY

• State-of-the-art sterile accommodation
• The Global Care Clinic opened its location in Zolder (Belgium) in May 2011 and was built according to the latest safety standards for private clinics.
• The operation theatre consists of 2 operating theatres, fully equipped according to the current legislation for private hospitals. Both operating rooms are spacious with all the latest equipment, according to the most recent construction principles.
• Compliant with strict German standards ISO 1446-1 class 5 on air purity (the same air treatment as the latest operating theatres in Gasthuisberg University of Leuven).
• A specialized ventilation system creates a super sterile environment reducing the risk of the hospital bacteria (MRSA) to an absolute minimum, especially when compared to public hospitals.
• This risk is further limited because the entire interior of the clinic was painted with special antibacterial paint (Sikkens Alpha SanoProtex). This paint contains active silver ions that avoid the multiplication of bacteria. It is effective against various harmful bacterial strains, even those that have developed resistance against the usual antibiotics.
• The use of customized single use operations sets for certain operations attributes further to the sterility.
• The Global Care Clinic is equipped with an emergency generator that can supply electricity power to the entire operation room, during at least 24 h, in case of a public power outage.

2. QUALITY

BSPC LABEL

The Global Care Clinic ensures uncompromising quality and is also fully certified and inspected to the highest possible standards as set forth by the quality mark of the “Belgian Society for Private Clinics“. 

• This association aims to promote a high quality exercise of health care and medicine in private clinics with focus on a quality full treatment of the patient. The BSPC label contains the most essential criteria (with regard to quality and infrastructure) to which a private clinic must meet in order to ensure patient safety.

• HEX-group Audit: The BSPC label is awarded by the internationally known auditing company HEX-group. The Global Care Clinic was the first clinic in the region to obtain this quality mark and is still the only clinic in Limburg with this certificate. The Global Care Clinic undergoes a full audit by HEX every 2 years. The last time was in February 2021 when we also succesfully achieved this certificate for the fifth time in a row.

ISAPS LABEL 

The ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) is the world-wide recognised professional organisation for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

• The Global Care Clinic is one of the few Belgian accredited facilities.

• Dr Nelissen is also listed as ISAPS-Surgeon and he is a qualified ASF Resources Inspector, which means that he is designated as an inspector for ambulatory surgical facilities for patient safety and has taken a course to grant him this designation. However, the above mentioned BSPC/KIWA accreditation is to be considered as the Belgian standard for accreditation, compared to the more American ISAPS accreditation.

highly qualified staff

• Experienced and Registered Plastic Surgeon: Dr. Nelissen is a registered Plastic Surgeon in Belgium and in The Netherlands and is registered as ISAPS-surgeon.

In Belgium, many doctors describe themselves as Cosmetic or Aesthetic Surgeon. Many of these GP’s are not even trained as Surgeons, and certainly not as Plastic Surgeons.

The title of ‘Plastic Surgeon’ is a legally protected title, which you can recognize by: the RIZIV/INAMI number ending with the numbers- 210 and the affiliation with the Royal Belgian Society for Plastic Surgery.

This has a reason: to qualify as Plastic Surgeon a GP must be trained during a minimum of 6 years on top of their medical degree. Plastic Surgeons not only have a more comprehensive view of the human body, but they have a broader and far more extensive range of surgical techniques. Click here to find out more about the education, experience and memberships of Dr. Nelissen.

• Experienced Anaesthesia: Operations are performed either under local anaesthetic using a light sedation or under general anaesthesia by our experienced anaesthesiologist Dr. Kalinov, with whom we have been working flawlessly for years.

• Quality of our staff: The staff of the Global Care Clinic are all qualified individuals, carefully selected on the basis of the required professional titles and experience. The quality of the doctors, employees and staff is structurally tested and developed.

• Language skills: We offer you competent doctors and friendly and professional staff with the necessary language skills. Languages spoken in the Global Care Clinic: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian.

3. SERVICE

patiENT IS NOT A NUMBER

The motto of the Global Care Clinic is “Beauty through service”, which means that rendering excellent services to the patient is the most important:

• The clinic is equipped with high-tech equipment and no effort or cost were spared to provide the best accomodation for the patients, without resulting in an impersonal "hospital feeling". 
• Absolute priority is quality and a personal approach in a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. Patents quickly feel at ease by the personal approach within the professional entourage.
• Dr. Nelissen takes the time to listen to your expectations and gives honest advice, without any pressure for any treatment whatsoever.
• A clear treatment proposal and an all-in price quotation are submitted after personal consultation in order to avoid later surprises.
• Dr. Nelissen guides each patient personally during the intake, surgery and aftercare. During the post op care he remains available at any time for any questions.

SHORT WAITING TIMES:

• The waiting time for first consulation is generally around 2 weeks.
• Because we have the surgical facilities in-house, most treatments can be done within 2 to 6 weeks following the consultation.
• Next Day Surgery: For long-distance patients, the possibility is offered to book the operation on the day after the consultation. Read more information about Next Day Surgery here.

EASY ACCESSIBLE:

The Global Care Clinic Zolder-Hasselt is easily accessible:

• next to the Race Circuit of Zolder (Belgian Limburg),
• in the tri-border area "Belgium – Germany – The Netherlands",
• near the highways E314 (Leuven-Heerlen-Aachen) and E313 (Antwerp-Liège/Luttich),
• near the airports of Maastricht, Eindhoven and Brussels.
  

In addition, you can also go to the branch in Knokke (on the Belgian Coast near the Dutch border), which has been opened since 2017, for consultations, certain anti-aging treatments and the MiraDry treatment. Read more information about our locations here.

Privacy AND DISCRETION

Discretion for postoperative patients or VIP customers is ensured by:

• a separate entrance/exit at the back so that the patient does not have to go through the main waiting room.
• the location of the clinic in a wooded, residential area is an additional guarantee of privacy and discretion.

Patients testimonials:

Convince yourself and read here what others have written about the Global Care Clinic. 

4. FAIR PRICES

The patients of the Global Care Clinic are often pleasantly surprised about the fair price / quality ratio (see Prices), especially in comparison with the surrounding countries (the Netherlands, Germany and England).

This is explained, among other things, by:

• the absence of unnecessary intermediaries (commercial consultants)
• limiting marketing and advertising budgets
•  Our patients come mainly through "word of mouth" advertising including internet testimonials. As a result, foreign (Dutch, German, English,...) patients also easily find their way to the Global Care Clinic, partly because of the extensive experience and recognition of plastic surgeon Dr. Nelissen in Dutch hospitals (private and university).
• Due to the large number of treatments, we can also negotiate better prices with our suppliers.

All prices are full all in prices with a clear indication of the VAT due so that you will not be faced with surprises later on.

Financing:

Because the Global Care Clinic has very fair and competitive prices, all treatments must be paid for in full in advance.  If you wish to pay for your treatment in installments, it is best to take out financing with a bank or with a specialized credit institution.