Leiden University Medical Center
Dutch university hospital treating an Ebola-infected DR Congo response worker in high-level isolation.
Formed in 1996, Leiden University Medical Center is a Dutch university hospital combining specialist patient care with medical research and education.
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Leiden University Medical Center is a university hospital in Leiden, the Netherlands. It combines specialist patient care with biomedical research and the education of doctors and other health professionals.
As an academic medical centre, it treats patients whose care requires specialist Teams and facilities. Its research and teaching roles connect laboratory work, clinical studies and hospital practice within one institution.
That combination gives LUMC a role beyond a general hospital. It can bring laboratory expertise, specialist wards and clinical research together when a patient needs complex or uncommon care. The institution also trains future clinicians and turns research findings into medical practice. Its durable identity rests on those linked functions: a hospital for advanced care, a research centre and a medical school within the Dutch health system.
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