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Nuclear medicine uses radioactivity as a means of diagnosis or treatment.

The anaesthesiologist provides pain control, anaesthesia, artificial sleep, as well as protection and stabilization of the body's vital functions during surgery, childbirth or during a particular examination.

Pathologists examine biopsies of body tissue, larger (surgical) resections and cells from body fluids. Using macroscopic and microscopic examination, the pathologist will make a diagnosis and advise the attending doctor or general practitioner. This examination is an important part in the diagnosis of cancer, as well as inflammatory reactions in organs.

As a patient, you have no direct contact with this department. Your doctor or general practitioner will discuss the result of a pathological examination with you.

The pneumology or lung diseases department treats diseases of the upper and lower airways and of the lungs.

The nephrology department of Sint-Trudo is one of the three recognized centres for kidney diseases in Limburg. The service offers the full spectrum from diagnostics to all forms of treatment. An expert team of doctors, paramedics and other healtcare professionals is available to the patient 24 hours a day.

Neurology deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the brain, peripheral nerves and spinal cord.
You also often see a neurologist for treatment of muscular diseases.