University Hospital of Basel

University Hospital of Basel
Klinikum 1
Geography
Location Basel, Switzerland
Organisation
Affiliated university University of Basel
Services
Beds 773
Links
Website www.unispital-basel.ch

The University Hospital of Basel (German: Universitätsspital Basel, USB), in Basel, is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland. Since 1842 it is located in a former palace, the Markgräflerhof.

USB brings together 50 clinics, units and institutes all working together in an interdisciplinary manner[1] and employs a staff of about 5000.[2]

With an approximate 670 beds, USB is the biggest healthcare facility in north-western Switzerland.[3]

USB provides services in all fields of medicine apart from pediatrics.[4]

The hospital is well known for its special form of hormone-delivered radiotherapy to treat neuroendocrine cancer, tried by Steve Jobs in 2009.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "University Hospital Basel". Swiss Health. 2016.
  2. ↑ "University Hospital Basel". EBMT. 2016.
  3. ↑ "University Hospital of Basel". Gruner. 2016.
  4. ↑ "Universitätsspital Basel". Helsana. 2016.
  5. ↑ "Steve Jobs went to Switzerland in search of cancer treatment". Fortune. 18 January 2011.

See also

Coordinates: 47°33′46″N 7°34′59″E / 47.56278°N 7.58306°E / 47.56278; 7.58306

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