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From Monday 2 June onwards, adult patients in UZ Leuven can designate a partner in care: a trusted person who actively supports them during their admission, including outside normal visiting hours. After a successful trial period, the project is now being rolled out throughout the entire hospital.

Recently, the lung transplant team successfully performed the 1,500th lung transplant at UZ Leuven. Today, the centre ranks among the top European centres and performs some two-thirds of all Belgian lung transplants every year and achieves excellent results.

The American magazine Newsweek and data platform Statista rranked the best hospitals in the world for the seventh year in a row: World's Best Hospitals 2025. In it, UZ Leuven is the first Belgian hospital at position 40, which is four places higher than in 2024 and no less than eight places higher than in 2023.

We are excited to announce the 5th anniversary of the Interuniversity Proton Therapy Center located in Belgium.

40th International Wintersymposium