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Top Employer 2022

20 January 2022

For the 14th time in a row, UZ Leuven has been awarded the Top Employer Award, an annual recognition for companies with a strong HR policy.

First abdominal wall transplant in Belgium

19 January 2022

At UZ Leuven, two intestine transplant patients were succesfully given a new abdominal wall. This procedure has only been done about 50 times across the world.

Our very best wishes for the new year

31 December 2021

UZ Leuven wishes everyone a year of good health, a lot of human warmth and togetherness. We especially want to wish our patients a beautiful and happy 2022!

New technique helps detect large-scale genetic variations in leukaemia

22 December 2021

The Leuven centre for human genetics is one of the first genetic centres in the world that applies a new genetic test. The technique is called ‘optical genome mapping’ and can detect large genetic variations on chromosome level. Today, the test is already being used for diagnosing leukaemia.

New trial shows high viral load in exhaled air the first two days after SARS-CoV-2-infection

21 December 2021

KU Leuven, UZ Leuven and imec researchers warn that someone can be as infectious in the first two days after the infection took place as in the time after that. In addition, half of all antigen tests in that early stage resulted in false negatives.

Non-urgent procedures and admissions postponed

2 December 2021

To be able to handle the influx of (coronavirus) patients in the hospitals, a large number of non-urgent procedures will be postponed the coming weeks.

Rapid increase number of Covid-19 patients at UZ Leuven

23 November 2021

The figures of the amount of Covid patients at UZ Leuven are really heading the wrong way. Today there are 103 patients at UZ Leuven, 30 of which on intensive care wards. By way of comparison: no more than a month ago, there were only 22 patients, 8 of which on intensive care.

Pioneer accessible healthcare passed away

22 November 2021

On Saturday 20 November 2021 prof. dr. Jan Peers (82) passed away in Leuven. He was one the country's pioneers of our current healthcare system.

Photon-counting CT scanner is a real 'quantum leap': sharper images and reduced radiation dose.

18 November 2021

UZ Leuven is one of the twenty five hospitals worldwide to have a photon-counting CT-scanner. Unlike classic CT devices, this new scanner analyses every photon that is put through the body. The result: sharper images and a lower radiation dose, with a never seen before eye for detail.

Study sheds new light on cause of loss of smell in COVID-19

10 November 2021

Loss of smell is a common symptom of COVID-19. Flemish doctors have taken tissue samples of deceased COVID-19 patients and have discovered that the virus infects the supporting cells of the olfactory mucosa, but not the nerve cells with the odorant receptors. The olfactory bulb in the brain was also spared.

Five alcohol intoxications a day at the Leuven emergency services

3 November 2021

Between 2008 and 2019 the number of patients presenting themselves with alcohol intoxication at the ER of the Leuven hospitals UZ Leuven and Heilig Hart Leuven has increased with half. Strikingly: it's youngsters and students, but especially fifty-year-olds that end up in the ER with problematic drinking behaviour.

Pregnant women to receive same pregnancy support

28 October 2021

From 1 November onwards the Leuven-Diest-Tienen region will be the first in Flanders to offer all pregnant women with a low-risk pregnancy the same care plan. The goal is to avoid double, contradictory or insufficient for information for all pregnant women.