The University Hospital of Zürich (, USZ) is one of five
university hospital
A teaching hospital or university hospital is a hospital or medical center that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities a ...
s in Switzerland.
The first hospital in Zürich, from which the current hospital derives, is recorded as having existed as early as 1204. The name, location and buildings have since changed many times. , the hospital employs an approximate staff of 8,000 (1,200 doctors, 2,400 care professionals, 980 medical-technical and medical-therapeutic specialists) providing medical care to 134,000 ambulant and over 35,000 stationary patients each year in 42
clinics.
Scientists and physicians of international renown who have practiced at the hospital include
Ferdinand Sauerbruch,
Andreas Grüntzig and
Rolf M. Zinkernagel; the latter received a
Nobel Prize
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for research done at the hospital.
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University of Zürich
The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...
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1204 establishments in Europe
Healthcare in Zurich
Hospitals established in the 13th century
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...
Hochschulen
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