A patient lifting table, in particular in the form of a treatment couch or an operating table, comprises a lying structure which can be raised and lowered by means of a lifting structure (1), wherein the lifting structure is a telescopic lifting column with a fixed column structure (2), one linear relative to this slidable movable column structure (3) and acting between the fixed and the movable column structure lifting drive comprises. In this case, the fixed column structure (2) has two parallel aligned, at least one spacer element (6) spaced from each other, a cylindrical surface having guide columns (5) on which a part of the movable column structure (3) forming, each with at least a Gleitschale equipped slide blocks (22) are guided in a sliding manner.
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