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On Thursday 19th November took place in Texas Cinemas in Barcelona the successful preview of the film The Best of Men, a biopic realized by the BBC about Dr. Guttmann and all that he did to change the paradigm of spinal cord injury. The event, exclusive for the press and the Friends of Institut Guttmann, was attended by the film director Ventura Pons and the film critic Victor Riverola. In...

A houndred people previewed the film “The Best of Men” at Texas Cinema (Barcelona), with the cinema director Ventura Pons. The film shows the Dr. Guttmann's life, promoter of the Paralympic Games and ispiring of the Institut Guttmann hospital. Before the film, a press conference took place, where the film reviewer, Víctor Riverola, presented the biopic, and Ventura Pons welcomed the attendants...

This year the Technical Conferences, opened by Ms. Neus Munté, vice-chair of the Government of Catalonia and Dr. Josep M. Ramírez, managing director of the Institut Guttmann, have received exceptionally the most important congresses of specialists in spinal cord injury; the XXII National Conferences of the Spanish Society of Paraplegia (SEP) and the XXI Symposium of the Spanish Association of...

XXXII National Conference of Spanish Society of Paraplegia (SEP). XXl Symposium of the Spanish Association of Skilled Nursing in the Injured Spinal Cord (ASELME). I Conference of Technology and Rehabilitation. Conclusions Conference on Social Innovation and Disability: Debates on disability in a changing society.

The Institut Guttmann has obtained the first EMAS Certification (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme o Reglamento Comunitario de Ecogestión y Ecoauditoría), a voluntary regulation that recognises organizations with an Environmental Management System and with a commitment to continual improvement. The acreditation is result of the audit of 2nd and 3rd June and an example of the Institut Guttmann...

It is an honor visiting, as Minister of Interior of the Generalitat of Catalonia, the Institut Guttmann, that is a international reference center for the help and rehabilitation of people who has suffered a major accident. It also contributes, in a decisive way, to the medical researching activity. Many thanks to every people that have made possible this important work, and thanks to all the...

The Institut Guttmann organizes from 28th to 30th October the XXVII edition of Institut Guttmann Technical Symposia, this year in a very special occasion because of the 50th anniversary of the hospital. The event will meet the XXVI National Conferences of the Spanish Society of Paraplegia (SEP), the XXI Symposium of the Spanish Association of Special Nursing in the Injured Spinal (ASELME), the...

The Institut Guttmann XI Sport Games finished today, after a special edition because of the 50th anniversary of the Institution, and with the objective of promoting and show to patients and ex patients the diversity of Paralympics sports, as always. Mornings of 7th and 8th October, they played in the hospital installations different games like tennis, volley-ball, basketball, rugby or archery...

The celebration of the Xl Edition of Institut Guttmann's Sport Games, the 7th and 8th October, had the objective of promoting and show to patients and ex patients the diversity of Paralympics sports. The Games were closed with an aerobic inclusive session opened to everybody.

Yesterday, 5th October, the Institut Guttmann gathered more than 350 people in ONCE’s Auditorium in Barcelona, to discover how to guide the brain throughout live. With the title “Promoting brain health” and with the speaker Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Associate Dean of Translational Research and scientific advisor to the Institut Guttmann. This open and...