After national independence (1960), most of the hospital's Belgian physicians and surgeons returned home.

Lucien Lison, Belgian and Brazilian physician and biochemist, the father of histochemistry.

Désiré Collen (born 21 June 1943) is a Belgian physician and chemist.

Pieter De Somer (1917 - 1985) was a Belgian physician and biologist.

Abraham Mayer (July 10, 1816 - March 1, 1899) was a German-born Belgian physician.

François Delange (1935 - June 2007) was a Belgian physician and researcher who contributed to thyroid research.

In Kikwit, Belgian missionaries helped run the school system, and Belgian physicians and nurses operated the main medical center.

Joseph Guislain (Ghent, 2 February 1797-Ghent, 1 April 1860) was a Belgian physician and a pioneer in psychiatry.

Rather, Mr. Jouret, a charismatic 46-year-old Belgian physician, appears to have believed his own preaching that the end of the world was near.

It is named after Joseph Guislain, a Belgian physician and notable psychiatrist of the 19th century.