The Lausanne University Hospital (french: Centre hospitalier universitaire

vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

ois, CHUV), in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

, is one of the five

university hospitals A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. The Lausanne University Hospital is linked to the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne (UNIL). The CHUV's medical services benefit over 45,000 patients a year. Almost 3000 babies are born every year in the obstetrics department. Approximately 9000 employees work at the CHUV. The university hospital acts as a general university hospital for people living in the Lausanne area, covering all areas of medical treatment. It also serves as a hospital offering acute and specialist care for the whole Canton of

Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

and parts of

French-speaking Switzerland Romandy (french: Romandie or )Before World War I, the term French Switzerland (french: Suisse française) waalso used german: Romandie or , it, Romandia, rm, Romanda) is the French-speaking part of western Switzerland. In 2020, about 2 mil ...

. In 2019, the university hospital was rated as the leading hospital in Switzerland and 9th best hospital in the world by Newsweek Magazine.

Organisation

Departments of the University Hospital of Lausanne: * Department o
Emergency Medicine
* Department of Oncology ( UNIL-CHUV) * Department of Obstetric Gynaecology and Medical Genetics * Department of the Musculoskeletal System * Department of Education and Research ( UNIL-CHUV) * Department of Medicine * Department of Psychiatry, see also Hospital of Cery * Department of Medical Radiology * Department of Interdisciplinary Centres and Medical Logistics * Department of Laboratories * Department of Clinical Neurosciences (there is a Department of Fundamental Neurosciences at the

University of Lausanne The University of Lausanne (UNIL; french: links=no, Université de Lausanne) in Lausanne, Switzerland was founded in 1537 as a school of Protestant theology, before being made a university in 1890. The university is the second oldest in Switzer ...

) * Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology Services * Department of Hospital Logistics * Department of Community Medicine and Health

Main campus

The University Hospital of Lausanne is located in

, close to the centre of the city. It is served by the

Lausanne Metro , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR- ...

Line 2, from the "CHUV" station. File:Hôpital Cantonal Lausanne.jpg, Bugnon 21, headquarters of the University Hospital of Lausanne and of the deanship of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine. File:Hôpital orthopédique Lausanne.jpg, The west wing of the Orthopaedic Hospital. File:Policlinique Médicale Universitaire Lausanne.jpg, Policlinique médicale universitaire (Department of Ambulatory Care & Community Medicine of the University of Lausanne), with two helipads on its roof.

Other sites

Some laboratories are located in Épalinges (north of Lausanne), on a

campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-li ...

shared with the

and the Biopôle. The Hospital of Cery, the

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociat ...

of the University Hospital of Lausanne, is located in Prilly, in the urban area of

Missions

The missions of the hospital are care to the patients, research and teaching. On 28 October 2014, the

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level o ...

welcomed approval by the

Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) is the Swiss surveillance authority for medicines and medical devices, registered in Bern. It began operations on 1 January 2002 as successor of ''Interkantonale Kontrollstelle für Heilmittel ...

of a vaccine trial against

Ebola virus ''Zaire ebolavirus'', more commonly known as Ebola virus (; EBOV), is one of six known species within the genus '' Ebolavirus''. Four of the six known ebolaviruses, including EBOV, cause a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fever in humans and o ...

at the University Hospital of Lausanne. The CHUV is part of the 'Lausanne Integrative Metabolism and Nutrition Alliance', a joint research initiative aiming to promote research and education on metabolism, nutrition, ageing and all associated diseases, such as obesity, diabetes or cancer, in Lausanne area.

Magazine

The University Hospital of Lausanne publis
''In vivo''
a free magazine aimed at a large audience (general public). It is produced by the Swiss media agency

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and published in

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

and English.

Associated institutions

* Swiss Cancer Centre *

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* Center for Biomedical Imaging (CIBM) * ''Institut universitaire romand de santé au travail'' (IST) * ''École romande de santé publique'' (ERSP) * University Centre of Legal Medicine (CURML)Centre universitaire romand de médecine légale
(page visited on 3 June 2012). *

Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses The Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses (French: ''Laboratoire suisse d'analyse du dopage'', LAD) is the only anti-doping laboratory in Switzerland. It is affiliated to the University Hospital of Lausanne and is located in Épalinges (urban a ...

* Biopôle * Jules Gonin Eye Hospital

Notes and references

External links

*
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