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Admission

What should you bring? What type of room can you choose from? Whom should you inform about your admission? What can you expect during your hospital stay? How is the payment carried out?
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Before

Choosing your room

Your choice of room has a significant impact on your hospital invoice. Depending on the room you choose, room and doctor’s fee supplements may be charged.

What to bring upon your admission

Always bring your eID and contact details of your next of kin and your GP. Read what else you should bring for a smooth admission, what to bring for your child and what to do in case of an occupational accident.

Whom to inform of your admission

Remember to inform your health insurance provider, hospitalisation insurance provider and your GP as soon as your admission is planned and arranged.

Find out how to get to the hospital easily: see all information on access, address, parking and roadworks for the Gasthuisberg Campus and Pellenberg Campus.

 

International patients

As an international patient, you must first register online to have a consultation, treatment or admission scheduled at UZ Leuven. You can register on this page. See further which other procedures are necessary.

As an international patient, what do you need to arrange before your admission?

During

Preventing infections

By taking a few simple measures, you can avoid becoming infected or infecting others.

Admission declaration

Are you being admitted to the hospital for a day or longer? Then you will need to sign an admission declaration on the day of your admission. The admission declaration provides an overview of your personal contributions to the costs.

Visits

Visitors are welcome on weekdays from 16:00 to 20:00 and on weekends from 14:00 to 20:00. Patients may designate a ‘partner in care’ who may also attend during the day outside visiting hours. There are adapted visiting arrangements for paediatrics, neonatology, maternity, intensive care, emergency and palliative patients.

Winter infection plan: code yellow

  • Virus circulation is currently low.

  • Wearing a face mask is not mandatory.

  • However, do wear a face mask in the following situations:

    • You've got symptoms of a cold.
    • You are particularly susceptible to infections.
    • You're visiting a patient that is particularly susceptible to infections.

Day admission in a day hospital

The course of your day admission may differ depending on the day hospital. You will find all practical arrangements for each day hospital via the tiles below.

Dagziekenhuis 2

Day hospital for orthopaedics, urology, gynaecology and obstetrics, traumatology, ear, nose and throat disease, head and neck surgery, vascular surgery, (paediatric) dentistry, ophthalmology, dermatology, plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, neurosurgery, abdominal surgery and oncological surgery.

Dagziekenhuis 3

This day hospital accomodates procedures of opthalmology, vascular surgery, dermatology, orthopaedic surgery and surgical oncology.

Dagziekenhuis 4

At this day hospital, procedures are performed in cardiovascular diseases, orthopaedics, urology, gynaecology and obstetrics, traumatology, ear, nose and throat disease, head and neck surgery, and vascular surgery.

Admission with overnight stay

What is the procedure for an admission via a hospital ward?

Do you have to undergo an operation, where you are first admitted to a hospitalisation ward and return to your hospitalisation ward after your operation. How will your journey unfold? How can you best prepare?

Partner in care

When admitted to hospital, you may designate a ‘partner in care’. This is one person who may be with you at all times during the day, including outside normal visiting hours. You may choose who fulfils this role. You are not obliged to designate a partner in care.

Rooming-in with a patient

If your child is admitted to a paediatric nursing unit, the rooming-in of either parent is always possible. In some situations, rooming-in with an adult patient is also possible. UZ Leuven also offers some lodging options in and close to the hospital. See all the possibilities here.

Want to know more about the ward?

The information on this page applies to all inpatient wards. You can find more details on specific arrangements, facilities and contact information for each ward on the ward page.

View the overview of inpatient wards

After

Going home

Your treating doctor will determine when you are ready for discharge from hospital. Before your discharge, discuss with your healthcare providers how to best prepare for the discharge date.

Payment

During your stay at the hospital, you do not need to pay for your hospitalisation. After your discharge, the invoice is first sent to your health insurance fund and, if applicable, to your hospitalisation insurance. You will then receive an invoice for the co-payment.

More information

Care

Whom will you meet during your stay? When are blood samples taken? How do we conduct scientific research using residual material and tissues? What about organ donation?

Privacy and your patient record

Who uses your patient record? What GDPR rights do you have? How do you determine who has access to your record? Do you yourself have access to it? What about privacy and the processing of your personal and medical data? How are camera images used and stored?

Patient rights

Your rights as a patient are established by the Patients’ Rights Act of 2002, amended in 2024.

Quality and safety

Learn how we make our care as safe as possible and how you can help us.

House rules

Can you smoke in hospital? What about alcohol? Are pets allowed? Are you allowed to film or take photos in the hospital? Read our house rules.

Facilities

Read about the facilities on every campus and in your room.
Last edit: 29 december 2025