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Second vaccination pilot in four care homes in Flemish-Brabant

30 December 2020

Earlier this week a first load of COVID-19 vaccines was distributed from UZ Leuven to a care home in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia. Today, part of the remaining vaccines of the first symbolic Pfizer/BioNTech delivery will be distributed to four other care homes in Flemish-Brabant.

First set of thawed COVID-19 vaccines on their way to care homes

28 December 2020

On Monday 28 December at 8:40 am, the first thawed Pfizer/BioNtach vaccines left UZ Leuven for a care home in Flandres, Brussels and Wallonia. At 11:00 am, the first three Belgians will get COVID-19 vaccine.

UZ Leuven prepares for the first vaccinations in Belgium

22 December 2020

UZ Leuven is the first hospital in Belgium that will receive a first delivery of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which will be distributed to a care home in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia.

Consultations and function tests limited to 50 procent

7 December 2020

As of Wednesday 4 November all outpatient activities (consultations, function tests ...) reduced to 50 procent of the hospital's capacity. If you're consultation or function test has to be moved, you will be informed by text or phone at least 24 hours in advance.

Restriction on surgical procedures as a result of the second COVID-19 wave

7 December 2020

As of Friday 23 October surgical procedures that lead to an admission to an ICU or elsewhere in the hospital will be postponed if possible. Procedures and treatments in the outpatient clinic will continue as planned, as well as consultations.

First successful lung transplant with lungs of an ex-COVID-19 patient

2 December 2020

In a world’s first, the UZ Leuven lung transplant team has performed a double lung transplant with the lungs of a donor who experienced a mild case of COVID-19 three months prior. The procedure shows that carefully selected lungs can safely be transplanted after a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Transplant kidney survival rate improves with new method of transportation

20 November 2020

New research by the Consortium for Organ Preservation in Europe (COPE) has found that a new method to transport donor kidneys, which uses a combination of cold perfusion with oxygen, can significantly improve transplant results when compared to cold perfusion alone.

UZ Leuven lights a candle for every hospital ward

18 November 2020

On Thursday 19 November UZ Leuven will be lighting 68 big candles, one for each of our hospital wards.

UCLL nursing students at the Gasthuisberg campus reinforce intensive UZ Leuven COVID wards

12 November 2020

As of Monday 9 November, 28 UCLL nursing students will start reinforcing the 4 UZ Leuven intensive COVID ward teams. The collaboration will be a win-win situation for the hospital, patients and students alike.

UZ Leuven and KU Leuven expand COVID-19 test capacity on the Gasthuisberg campus

2 November 2020

As of 2 November UZ Leuven and KU Leuven, together with 7 other other university centres collaborate on increasing the capacity of the labs for COVID-19 testing. In Leuven a new lab was established. This lab will be able to perform 7,000 tests a day.

New app guides healthcare workers through oral anti-cancer therapy

29 October 2020

Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and IT specialists from UZ Leuven have developed a new app Oncot’app. The app contains information for healtcare workers about dozens of different oral anti-cancer therapies and replaces the existing pocket book for oral anti cancer therapy, which until now only existed on paper.

Imec and UZ Leuven develop super fast coronatest

23 October 2020

Imec and UZ Leuven join forces for the development of a ground-breaking SARS-CoV-2 test. The new test will work based on exhaled air and will provide a reliable result on how contagious a person is within five minutes. The project will receive two million euro in funding from the Flemish government.