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Paediatrics

The children's hospital aims to provide high-quality comprehensive care for your child, from newborn to adolescent. This includes attention to specific needs per age and long-term follow-up and guidance.
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Pain in children

We make every effort to prevent pain in patients. With children, we make extra efforts to prevent them from suffering trauma or becoming chronic pain patients later in life.

We use all kinds of child-sized tools for this, ranging from anaesthetic plasters to virtual reality glasses that distract children during painful procedures.

Pain in children – what do we do about it?

Hospitalisation wards

Dagziekenhuis kinderen 1

In the day hospital, children come to the hospital for a day for certain therapies and tests that require some preparation (e.g. sedation, IV line, etc.).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 1

The disciplines of cardiology, nephrology, urology, metabolic diseases, organ transplantation and general infant care are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 2

The disciplines of oncological diseases and stem cell transplantation are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 3

The disciplines of infectious diseases, pulmonary diseases and cystic fibrosis are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 4

The disciplines of gastroenterological, haematological and immunological disorders are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 5

The disciplines of neurology, EEG monitoring, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, endocrinology-diabetes, general paediatrics, liaison paediatric psychiatry, rheumatology and miscellaneous surgery are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

Hospitalisatie kinderen 6

The disciplines of preferential pathology zoning, paediatric neurology, rehabilitation, paediatric rheumatology, paediatric endocrinology and diabetes, orthopaedics and traumatology are housed at this hospitalisation unit of the children's hospital (ages 0 to 16 years).

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UZ Leuven gasthuisberg campus
Kindergeneeskunde
Herestraat 49
3000 Leuven
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News and events

First treatment with reimbursed gene therapy Zolgensma at UZ Leuven

25 August 2023
At the end of 2021 the reimbursement of the gene therapy Zolgensma® for the treatment of the rare nerve disorder SMA was approved in Belgium. Recently, doctors at UZ Leuven were able to treat a first patient with the commercial product. In case of a timely diagnosis Zolgensma® can influence the severity of the disease.

Interactive e-learning helps chronically ill children and youngsters on the road from paediatric to adult care

27 February 2023
The paediatric departments of UZ Leuven launch the interactive tool ‘Onderweg: transitie binnen kindergeneeskunde’ for chronically ill children and younsters and their parents. The 4 e-learnings with tips, information and personal stories offer extra support in the run-up to the step from paediatric to adult care.

Computer algorithms to diagnose juvenile arthritis

12 March 2019
A team of scientists at VIB and KU Leuven developed a machine learning algorithm that can diagnose arthritis in children with almost 90% accuracy, purely on the basis of a blood test. The new findings open the door to the use of machine learning for faster diagnosis and personalised treatment.
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Last edit: 26 june 2025