Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels, Belgium |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private ASBL |
| Hospital type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Université catholique de Louvain |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 964 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | home page |
| Lists | Hospitals in Belgium |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Belgium |
The Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc (UCL-St-Luc) is a non-profit-making (ASBL) hospital situated in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe in the west of Brussels, Belgium. The hospital opened on the 23 August 1976.
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[edit] History
In 1968 the Catholic University of Leuven acquired some land in the east of Brussels which did not have a large hospital at that time. When the university split into two the french speaking part moved to Ottignies except for the medical faculty, which moved to the Brussels site.
[edit] Research
Being a teaching and university hospital UCL St.-Luc continues to do ground breaking medical research. For example, the first baby born after ovarian transplant [1] and the first photograph of human ovulation[2].
[edit] Special procedures (in 2002)
- Bone marrow grafts: 66
- Kidney transplantions: 99
- Pancreas transplantions: 3
- Heart transplantions: 14
- Liver transplantions (adults): 53
- Liver transplantions (children): 33
- Cochlear implants: 49
- Adults cardiology: PTCA: 992
- Lithotripsies: kidney stones: 717 - gallstones: 49
- MRI (magnetic resonance): 14027
- Singel photon emission computerized tomographies (SPECT): 4061
- Positron emission tomographies (PET): 1910
[edit] Medical equipment
- Operating rooms: 23
- Catheterization and angiography rooms: 5 (4 for adults - 1 for children)
[edit] Diagnostic imaging
- 4 Cat Scanners of which 1 multi dectectors (8 images/sec)
- 2 MRI
- 2 MRI for research
- Nuclear medicine (radioisotope studies)
- 3 SPECT detectors
- 1 PET camera
- Radiotherapy
- 4 linear accelerators with digital scanning (6 and 25 MeV)
- 3 portale scanner (of which 1 at the Europe St-Michel site)
- 4 treatment planning 3 D
- 2 simulators for radiotherapy (of which 1 at the Europe St-Michel site)
- integrated communication system VISIR
- Lithotriptor
- Neuronavigator
- Tissue banks: bone, marrow
[edit] References
- ^ New Scientist First baby born after ovarian transplant 24 September 2004.
- ^ New Scientist Human egg makes accidental debut on camera
- ^ UCL St.Luc facts and figures
[edit] External links
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Coordinates: 50°51′07.4″N 04°27′08.5″E / 50.852056°N 4.452361°E
