Proximus NXT, the system integrator division of Belgian operator Proximus, is to deploy a private 5G network, in pilot form, at the AZ Groeninge hospital in Kortrijk, West Flanders, in Belgium. The “proposal”, as it stands, is to “test 5G applications in a real hospital environment”. It would make AZ Groeninge the first hospital in the Benelux region to have a private 5G network, said Proximus NXT.
AZ Groeninge is affiliated with the Flemish KU Leuven Hospital network in West Flanders; it is the fifth largest hospital in Belgium by bed-count. Funding for the project comes from the Belgian government, which has put out a call for 5G pilot projects to drive the national economy and public services. Specifically, funding for the campus pilot comes via the government’s so-called High-speed Enabled Advanced Life-Saving 5G Tech Hospital (H.E.A.L.T.H.) project.
