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Better hospital hygiene in the South thanks to Flemish subsidies

26 February 2021
Good hospital hygiene is an essential element of high-quality care. Unfortunately, this is not always an easy thing to achieve for partner hospitals in the South. Thanks to subsidies from the Province of Vlaams-Brabant was able to realise a number of hospital hygiene initiatives in Rwanda.

UZ Leuven finalises pilot project on home treatment for breast cancer

22 February 2021
In December a three-year pilot project on breast cancer treatment at home or by the GP was finalised. For patients this is a lot more practical, because it involves fewer transfers to the hospital. It also changes how people experience the illness.

Number of invasive prenatal tests halved since introduction of the NIPT

19 February 2021
The wide application of the test has meant that only half as many invasive prenatal tests (amniocentesis and CVS tests) were needed and a third less babies with Down syndrome were born. These were the results of a large trial of all genetic centres in Belgium, coordinated by the centre for human genetics at UZ Leuven.

Rare diseases: big steps, but we're not there yet

17 February 2021
In Belgium 6 per cent of the population suffers from a rare disase. With the Not a Unicorn campaign, RaDiOrg, the organisation for rare diseases, wants to raise awareness for rare diseases. Professor Hilde Van Esch from the Centre for Human Genetics (CME) explains what working with rare diseases means to her.

Heart transplant with new preservation technique for first Belgian patient

17 February 2021
Last autumn UZ Leuven was the first to perform a heart transplant in Belgium with the help of a new preservation technique. Thanks to this technique a donor heart can be preserved for almost five times as long.

UZ Leuven and KU Leuven set up mobile testing teams for COVID-19 tests

4 February 2021
At the request of the Flemish Agency for Care and Health the new mobile testing team for COVID-19 testing came into action for the first time on 1 February 2021. The first request was from a primary school in Galmaarden, where 150 students needed testing.

Everything back under control at the Gasthuisberg campus after fake bomb scare

27 January 2021
On Wednesday morning between 9 and 9:30 there was an incident at UZ Leuven. The general reception hall was evacuated temporarily. In the meantime business is back to normal at the Gasthuisberg campus.

Top Employer 2021

25 January 2021
Despite the challenges we've had to meet in 2020, UZ Leuven has managed to remain a Top Employer. It is the thirteenth time that UZ Leuven was awarded this title.

Leuven study shows immune reaction in the lungs of seriously ill COVID-19 patients

21 January 2021
UZ Leuven, KU Leuven researchers and the VIB have examined the immune reaction in COVID-19 patients in the hospital. Analyses of the lung fluid showed new factors that play a role in the excessive immune reactions against the virus, which are crucial for the development of treatments.

Radiation boost lowers risk of prostate cancer recurrence

21 January 2021
A large international trial has shown that an extra radiation boost delivered directly to the tumour can improve the prospects of men with non-metastatic prostate cancer, without additional adverse effects. For these men the chance of a relapse in 5 years is smaller than for men that did not receive the boost.

Vaccination campaigns in hospitals temporarily put on hold

20 January 2021
The Flemish government has put the vaccination campaigns in the hospitals temporarily on hold. This means that UZ Leuven will plan no further vaccinations for its care employees.

UZ Leuven starts the vaccination of healthcare staff

19 January 2021
On Tuesday 19 January the first UZ Leuven employees received their coronavirus vaccine. There are 1,407 vaccines available for a number of priority target populations.