Geneva University Hospitals
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| Geneva University Hospitals | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Geneva, Switzerland |
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| Affiliated university | University of Geneva |
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| Beds | 1800 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1995 |
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| Website | www.hug-ge.ch |
The Geneva University Hospitals (Template:Lang-fr, HUG) is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland, and the largest one in the country.[1]
First founded in 1535,[2] the creation of the HUG dates back to 1995 as a merger of all public hospitals in Geneva. The HUG operate 8 hospitals in the Canton of Geneva as well as 40 outpatients clinics.
Description
The Geneva University Hospitals includes 8 public hospitals, 2 clinics and 40 outpatient care centers with more than 11,000 employees (including 5,100 nurses)[3]. This hospital is not only a local hospital for the city of Geneva, but also the reference hospital for the rest of the canton and, together with the CHUV Lausanne, the reference hospital for French-speaking Switzerland5. It is attached to the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, and is one of five university hospitals in Switzerland; the others are in Basel, Bern, Lausanne and Zurich.
History
In 1602, the General Hospital, created from the merger of seven medieval hospitals, was simultaneously a hospital, a hospice, an orphanage, a retirement home, an asylum and a reformatory. After becoming cantonal hospitals in 1856, the HUG were turned into university hospitals in 1995 as part of the hospital reform required by authorities6. Today, the HUG are regional and reference hospitals for advanced medicine. They promote access to care for everyone and the development of centers of excellence in conjunction with the University of Geneva.
Associated institutions
- Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM)[4]
- University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML)[5]
- École romande de santé publique (ERSP)
Notable affiliates
Alumni
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Professors
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See also
Notes and references
- ^ HUG. "HUG Chiffres-clés". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ HUG. "HUG Dates-clés". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Faits et chiffres". www.hug-ge.ch (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ^ Center for Biomedical Imaging (page visited on 2 October 2011).
- ^ Centre universitaire romand de médecine légale (page visited on 3 June 2012).
External links
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