The Maria Middelares is a general , a Catholic hospital in the green belt around Ghent . The new building houses 631 beds and 22 high-tech operating theaters. It employs approximately 1,650 staff and 180 doctors.

The services and disciplines, include cardiology and heart surgery, its Ophthalmology Centre, its integrated Cancer Centre, physiotherapy (with interactive programmes and a spinal unit) and its Foot Centre, which is the biggest in Flanders.