Geneva University Hospitals


The Geneva University Hospitals is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland, and the largest one in the country. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe.
First founded in 1535, 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. 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 Switzerland.
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 authorities.
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.
Historical dates:
With a presence in the entire canton of Geneva, including around forty outpatient facilities, the HUG include eight hospitals spread over six locations and two clinics: one in the canton of Geneva and the other in Valais.
Geneva law entrusts the HUG with three main missions:
The HUG are organized into centers, departments, directorates, laboratories, divisions and units.
Medical departments:
Translational research laboratories:
The HUG is headed by a Board of Directors that delegates operational decisions to the Chief Executive Officer of an executive committee that includes representatives from professional areas. Most management operations are assigned to departments.
The Rega-HUG partner base of the Swiss Rescue Air Guard is located at the Geneva Airport.

Personnel

The HUG are one of the leading employers in the canton of Geneva. In 2017, 11,560 people worked in 180 different jobs at the HUG, 56% of them as care providers, 17% as physicians, 15% as administrative staff and 12% as technical and logistics personnel. Four out of ten employees worked part-time. Every year, around 1,000 professionals are hired.

Initial, continuing and post-graduate training

In 2016, the HUG trained 742 in-house physicians, 160 WFH training clinic leaders, 1612 health professional trainees, 188 apprentices, 1,166 medical trainees, 338 other trainees, and more than 10,500 health care and social services professionals from the greater Geneva area in continuing education courses.

Associated institutions