University Hospital of Basel
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.
| University Hospital of Basel | |
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 Klinikum 1 | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Basel, Switzerland |
| Organisation | |
| Affiliated university | University of Basel |
| Services | |
| Beds | 773 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.unispital-basel.ch |
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
- "University Hospital Basel". Swiss Health. 2016.
- "University Hospital Basel". EBMT. 2016.
- "University Hospital of Basel". Gruner. 2016.
- "Universitätsspital Basel". Helsana. 2016.
- "Steve Jobs went to Switzerland in search of cancer treatment". Fortune. 18 January 2011.
See also
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