HUG : top hospital complex, medical care, high technology, clinical resarch

HUG constitute one of the top hospital complexes in Switzerland with :

2.200 beds, staff 9.400.
45.000 patients treated every year, representing 780.000 hospitalization days.
Expenditures 1,251 millions of Swiss francs.

The Geneva University Hospitals are five minutes from the airport, in the heart of international Geneva. Their professionals are experts in medical care, high technology and clinical research.

HIGHLIGHTS OF HUG

Medical care

The HUG guarantee individual consultation and examination based on an extensive range of treatment geared to the individual (1 doctor per 2 patients), highly qualified staff trained continuously in news techniques, shared medical care philosophy.

High technology

The HUG attach great importance to high level equipment, constantly updated and always oustanding :

35 operating theatres corresponding to the most advanced medical and technical standards.
56 rooms for diagnostics, cardiology imaging, urology radiology, radiology treatment and nuclear medicine.
Cyclotron to make use of tomography with position emissions.

The HUG commit themselves on maximum safety thanks to wide experience on different kinds of clients (22’000 operations per year, computerised follow-up on patients, international certification of the services, etc.) on top of advanced medical care and research.

Clinical research

The HUG build up Swiss and International reputation in several high-tech fields :

Organ transplantation, including ilots de Langerhans.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Cardiovascular surgery.
Cochlear implants (treatment of deafness).
Retinian implants.
Bioinformatics.
Neurological imagery.
Genetics in oncology and genomics.
Immunology.

With BioAlps, HUG are involved in six research programmes in biomedical fields. Within these programmes, HUG manage :

Diagnosis of bacterial infections with Gene Chip Technology and Evanescent Wave Technology.
Neuroimagery.

The HUG also promote a close collaboration with the WHO in developing programmes in the following fields :

Education in chronic diseases.
Health and the ageing process.
Humanitarian actions.
Research and training in mental health.
Breast-feeding.