The Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain Saint-Luc) is a non-profit academic hospital of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain),[1] located on the university campus of UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels, Belgium. The hospital opened on 23 August 1976, moving from Leuven to Brussels.
| Saint-Luc University Hospital | |
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| University of Louvain | |
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 Sedes Sapientiae, seal of UCLouvain | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | UCLouvain Brussels Woluwe, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°51′07.4″N 04°27′08.5″E / 50.852056°N 4.452361°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private ASBL |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | UCLouvain |
| Patron | Saint Luke |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 973 |
| Helipad | ICAO: EBUC |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.saintluc.be/ |
| Lists | Hospitals in Belgium |
| Other links | List of hospitals in Belgium |
History
editIn 1968 the Catholic University of Louvain acquired some land in the east of Brussels, which did not have a large hospital at that time. When the university split in two, the French-speaking departments moved from Leuven to Ottignies to found the new city of Louvain-la-Neuve, except for the medical faculty and health sciences sector, which moved to a newly built Brussels campus, now called UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe.
It is one of the two main university hospitals of the Université catholique de Louvain, the other being the CHU UCLouvain Namur, in the Walloon province of Namur.
Research
editBeing a teaching and university hospital UCLouvain Saint-Luc continues to do ground breaking medical research. For example, the first baby born after ovarian transplant[2] and the first photograph of human ovulation.[3]
Famous people born at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
edit- Prince Amedeo, Princess Maria Laura and Prince Joachim, born in 1986, 1988 and 1991 respectively.
- Princess Louise of Belgium, twins Prince Nicolas of Belgium and Prince Aymeric of Belgium, born in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
References
edit- ^ "Statutes of the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Louis". just.fgov.be. 11 September 2018.
- ^ New Scientist, First baby born after ovarian transplant, 24 September 2004.
- ^ New Scientist, Human egg makes accidental debut on camera
External links
edit- Official web site Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine