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Special care
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ABOUT US
Leading medical care
for children
The Children’s Hospital Zurich is the largest
university children’s hospital in Switzerland
and one of the leading centres of paediatrics
in Europe. Its 2,000 committed staff are de­
di­cated to the health care needs of almost
100,000 young patients from the day they are
born to the age of 18.
Facts and figures
7 medical and surgical wards: 114 beds
General intensive care unit: 9 beds
Cardiac intensive care unit: 9 beds
Intermediate care unit: 6 beds
Specialist neonatal unit: 16 beds
Bone marrow transplant unit: 5 isolation wards
Rehabilitation centre Affoltern am Albis: 47 beds
Psychosomatic ward: 13 beds
Roughly 7,000 inpatients a year
Approximately 6,000 operations a year
Accident and emergency: roughly 30,000 patients a year
Polyclinic and outpatient consultations: over 70,000 a year
Research Centre for Children (FZK) with
international research teams
Roughly 2,000 employees
500 doctors, 700 health care personnel
450 qualified medical and therapeutic staff (therapies,
lab, pharmacy), 350 staff in house-keeping/catering,
facility management, IT and administration
The work ethos of the hospital founded in 1874,
which is funded by the privately run Eleonore
Foundation, is defined by high-quality medical­
care and interdisciplinary international
­collaboration.
With its roughly 30 departments and stateof-the-art medical equipment, the Children’s
Hospital Zurich is listed as a Canton of Zurich
listed hospital for the entire range of paediat­
ric and paediatric surgery treatments.
The Swiss Conference of Cantonal Health
Directors has also exclusively classified the
Children’s Hospital Zurich for some impor­
tant parts of highly specialised medicine.
These include the services of the burns
centre for children and the specialist
consultations for children with congenital
immunodeficiency.
The addition of its own rehabilitation centre in
Affoltern am Albis and the psychosomatic
psychiatry treatment unit with a focus on eat­
ing disorders is also unique within Europe.
The Research Centre for Children, with teams
of researchers with an international reputa­
tion who are dedicated to clinic translational
research, is also one of a kind in Switzerland.
INDIVIDUAL CARE
Highly specialised
expertise and devotion for
a premature baby
Tailor-made treatment
When many children and adults
hear the word accident and emer­
gency, their first thoughts are often
flashing blue lights and the A&E
ward.
Roughly 30,000 patients get to know
the Children’s Hospital Zurich
through the A&E ward every year.
One in nine emergency admissions
results in an inpatient stay of at
least 24 hours on one of the wards
or intensive care units.
A child who is not admitted to the
hospital via an emergency admis­
sion, receives a tailor-made treat­
ment plan in advance, which also
takes into account the family and
school situation. The most common
models are: an appointment at one
of the over 30 specialist consulta­
tions at the polyclinic, a carefully
planned hospital stay of more than
one day for an operation, treatment
at the day clinic for chemotherapy or
blood purification with dialysis.
In all cases the principle is: treat­
ment teams do everything possible
to leave children in their familiar
surroundings as long as possible and
return them there as quickly as
possible. The Children’s Hospital sees
parents as being one of the most
important factors for a speedy
recovery. It allows and encourages
parents to be with their children
round the clock and uses outpatient
treatments, wherever they are
medically viable and reasonable for
children and parents.
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PHILOSOPHY
Our heart
beats for children
The Children’s Hospital Zurich has a holistic
approach towards health: physical, pastoral
and psychological. The well-being of our
young patients is at the heart of the treat­
ment, regardless of their gender, religion
and social background.
The Children’s Hospital Zurich is a place
where newborns, children and young people
up to 18 years of age, as well as their parents
and family members, are diligently cared for
and supported. The central focus is always on
the child, who with its parents and family
members is cared for by an interdisciplinary
treatment team of doctors, care profes­
sionals, physiotherapists, occupational
therapists and counsellors.
The well-orchestrated tacit knowledge of
children and adolescents and their family members is what makes the Children’s Hospital
Zurich what it is: a unique place where
dedicated people meet sick children and
adolescents from different backgrounds in their
everyday work. Doctors, care and therapy
staff are very aware that this can only succeed
with a great deal of understanding and per­
sonal motivation. The teams receive professional support in coping with particularly stressful
situations.
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Collaboration goes way beyond this close-knit
treatment team and also encompasses the
following professional groups and services:
– Critical care teams
– Hospital school and nursery for patients
– Hospital clowns in cooperation
with the Theodora Foundation
– Pastoral care team
–Volunteers
– Dietary requirements
– Parent accommodation
– Support for siblings
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2 | Clown doctor Klein on a visit
3 | Occupational therapy
4 | Assessing pain
EXPERTISE
Broad expertise with
specialisms
The Children’s Hospital Zurich has an
internationally recognised leading role in
six specialist fields:
– Cardiology, cardiac surgery and cardiac
diagnostic imaging
– Neonatal surgery and surgery for
deformities
– Neurology and neurosurgery including
neurorehabilitation
– Oncology/hematology and immunology
including surgical oncology and bone
marrow transplants
– Metabolism and endocrinology including
newborn screening
– Burns, reconstructive plastic surgery
We have some exclusive national service
mandates in the field of highly specialised
medicine fields.
Summary of all the medical services at the
Children’s Hospital Zurich
Paediatric medicine
Paediatric surgery
Psychosomatic
Adolescent medicine
Foetal surgery
Eating disorders
Allergology
Hand surgery
Dissociative disorders
General paediatrics
Cardiac surgery
Somatoform disorders
Dermatology
Craniofacial surgery
Endocrinology/diabetology
Cleft lip and palate surgery
Disorders in babies
and toddlers
Developmental paediatrics
Neurosurgery including
moyamoya centre
Interdisciplinary services
Ophthalmic surgery
Anaesthesia
Orthopaedic surgery
Diagnostic imaging
Otolaryngology
Intensive care
Plastic and reconstructive
surgery
Child protection
Gastroenterology
Gynaecology
Haematology
Immunology
Infectiology
Cardiology
Bone marrow transplants
Neonatology
Nephrology
Neurology/neuropsychology
Oncology
Pulmonology
Rheumatology
Metabolic disorders
Traumatology
Urology
Burns surgery
Visceral surgery
Spinal surgery
Dental surgery
Laboratory medicine
Palliative care
Emergency medicine
Rehabilitation
Hospital pharmacy
(pharmaceutical services)
Patient and mother in an isolation unit after a bone marrow transplant
EQUIPMENT
Attracting the latest
diagnostics technology
As a training hospital with research
mandate, the Children’s Hospital
Zurich has state-of-the-art equip­
ment and uses new, less invasive
procedures. For example, in dia­gnostics imaging it is particularly
important with children to keep
exposure to radiation as low as
possible. Equipment manufacturers
are appreciative of the expertise
and scientific environment at the
Children’s Hospital Zurich and
Low-radiation cardiac catheter lab: the only reference installation in the world from Philips for paediatrics
provide pilot installations in order
to develop pioneering diagnosis
methods together with clinical
personnel.
EDUCATION
Further and higher training for
the benefit of the child
The Children’s Hospital Zurich
places great emphasis on further
and higher medical training focused
on children, adolescents and their
families. Besides students, roughly
100 junior doctors qualify as con­
sultants in general and specialist
paediatrics as well as paediatric
surgery at the children’s hospital.
Even though the Children’s Hos­pital Zurich allows newly qualified
personnel to move on to other
children’s hospitals and paediatric
surgeries with mixed feelings, it is
proud to actively contribute to
solving the problem of a shortage
of paediatric and paediatric surgery
talent in Switzerland. Thanks to its
work as a training hospital, an
extensive network has resulted over
the course of the years, which is one
of a kind.
The Children’s Hospital Zurich is the
largest training institute specia­
lising in caring for children and
adolescents in health care education
and training. It provides attractive
training placements for different
health care professions from health
specialists, to care personnel, to
specialists in the field of lab work
and diagnostics imaging.
Training placements for health professions
Human medicine students
Care personnel
Lectures440
Specialist college
45
Practical courses
University of applied sciences
10
For intensive care
24
Elective year
120
75
Doctoral students60
For emergency care
2
For anaesthesia
1
Medical and biomedical labs
6
Operation technology
2
Physiotherapy
3
Occupational therapy
2
Nutritional advice
2
Consultants
Paediatrics75
Paediatric surgery
4
Health specialists 35
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Today’s research,
tomorrow’s health
The Children’s Hospital Zurich runs a Research Centre for Children
which is one of its kind in Switzerland. It pursues the aim of making
the latest scientific findings available to children and adolescents
in their treatment.
The research centre’s specific tasks include
pooling, coordinating and promoting scientific
research at the Children’s Hospital Zurich.
Our international team tackles topics such
as developmental and life processes, con­
genital and acquired diseases, deformities
and the results of accidents, as well as
prevention.
The aim is to immediately integrate the
insight gained into clinical treatments
in practice and in doing so meet the specific
needs of children and adolescents and
their families.
The research focuses on genetic disorders,
cancer research, nerve disorders, transplant
research and immunology.
However, the mission goes beyond cantonal
and national borders: it is important to
make the research results accessible to lessprivileged or developed societies as well.
Researchers at the Research Centre for Children are therefore committed to the principle
of: Today’s research, tomorrow’s health.
Robotic gait therapy device (Lokomat) at the
rehabilitation centre Affoltern am Albis
NEW BUILDING
The winning project by the
architects Herzog & de Meuron
New building secures the future
The Children’s Hospital Zurich was
founded in the Zurich residential
area of Hottingen in 1874, amidst
vineyards and orchards, with just
30 beds. The number of patients has
increased considerably since then.
Today’s site and the existing infra­structure are no longer able to
permanently meet the demands of
university paediatrics.
In February 2009, the Canton of
Zurich’s government therefore gave
the go-ahead to move the hospital
from Hottingen to Zurich-Lengg.
Two new buildings are being con­
structed in Lengg on two pieces of
land, which will be able to cover the
hospital’s future requirements in the
longterm. The deadline for the
architecture competition for the
new building complex was in May
2012.
The dawning of a new era has been
ushered in for the children’s hospital
with the conclusion of the compe­
tition. The winning project by the
internationally renowned architects
Herzog & de Meuron impresses on
the south site with a flat, threestorey hospital building with protruding and recessed floors and a
finely structured façade. In contrast
to this, the building for teaching
and research on the north site
provides a counterpoint to the
hospital building in the form of a
round structure.
The integration of the two different
structures into the delicate environ­
ment with the protected property
of the Psychiatric University Clinic
Zurich meets urban development
requirements perfectly. Whilst the
hospital building has a low-key
exterior appearance, its interior with
round and rectangular inner courtyards that interpenetrate looks all
the more dynamic. A wealth of
different kinds of perspectives and
ideas are conveyed of an exciting
inner world that is drawn to scale
for children. The patients’ rooms
convey a great feeling of security for
children and adolescents with their
vaulted, outwardly extended ceil­
ings and large amount of wood
used.
If the financing is secured and the
detailed project planning runs
smoothly, the new buildings can be
moved into in 2020.
The Eleonore Foundation, as the
hospital’s responsible body, is
relying on private donations and
sponsors to realise this project.
This is the only way to realise a suitable infrastructure, which is not,
or is only insufficiently covered by
today’s funding as a result of the
additional expense unique to
children.
Help them to help themselves
The well-being of patients and their
family members is at the heart of
the Children’s Hospital Zurich’s
work. For children and their fami­
lies to feel comfortable every day
despite their illness, they often need
additional help. For example, the
option of being able to stay over­
night with the child free of charge,
help with psychologically coming to
terms with the illness or support
with the transition from hospital to
back home are often essential and
very much appreciated.
Many of these additional services
are only possible thanks to the
financial support from our many
benefactors. They also support the
children’s hospital in other areas, for
example in research or acquiring
equipment and technology for young
patients.
Do you have any questions about
making a donation?
As a company or association, would
you like to organise a charity event?
Would you like to leave some of your
wealth to the children’s hospital in
your will?
Would you like to make a donation
to our hospital or the planned new
buildings?
Our account for donations is:
IBAN CH69 0900 0000 8705 19 002,
Children’s Hospital Zurich,
8032 Zurich
Our fundraising team will be happy
to advise you!
Contact us:
Phone +41 44 266 75 82
[email protected]
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Kinderspital Zürich – Eleonorenstiftung
Steinwiesstrasse 75
8032 Zürich
Phone +41 44 266 71 11
www.kispi.uzh.ch
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Imprint
Photos: Gabriela Acklin, Valérie Jaquet, University Children’s Hospital Zurich; Illustration of new building: Herzog & de Meuron;
Layout: Facing Ltd., University Children’s Hospital Zurich; Text: Urs Rüegg, University Children’s Hospital Zurich; Print: 1,000 copies
©2013 Children’s Hospital Zurich