Balgrist University Hospital
| Balgrist University Hospital | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Sponsorship | Swiss association Balgrist |
| place | Zurich |
| Canton | Zurich |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Coordinates | 685 869 / 245313 |
| founding | 1912 |
| Website | www.balgrist.ch |
The Balgrist University Hospital is a hospital in Zurich that specializes in the clarification, treatment and follow-up care of damage to the musculoskeletal system . It includes the medical fields of orthopedics , paraplegiology , radiology , anesthesiology , rheumatology and physical medicine as well as chiropractic .
On behalf of the University of Zurich , the Balgrist University Clinic is responsible for training doctors in the fields of orthopedics and paraplegiology, as well as training doctors and medical staff in orthopedics, paraplegiology, rheumatology, anesthesiology and radiology. The clinic also acts as a research center to improve the quality of health care.
Hospital organization
The Balgrist University Clinic is a non-profit, private institution run according to business principles under the leadership of Thomas Huggler as Operational Hospital Director and Mazda Farshad as Medical Hospital Director and Head of Orthopedics.
The clinic is divided into several departments:
Orthopedics
The Orthopedics department examines and treats diseases, injuries and their consequences on the musculoskeletal system. The department is under the direct management of the medical director of the clinic and holder of the chair for orthopedics at the University of Zurich, Mazda Farshad . The department is organized according to specialist teams. There are the areas shoulder / elbow, hand, spine, hip / pelvis, knee, foot, tumors, pediatric orthopedics, technical orthopedics and sports medicine .
Center for Paraplegia
The Paraplegia Center at the Balgrist University Hospital has been treating paraplegia from acute treatment to long-term rehabilitation since 1990. The focus of care is on initial rehabilitation after spinal cord damage. The center for paraplegia consists of the inpatient area, outpatient clinic, neurology, neuro-urology as well as therapy and counseling. It is directed by Armin Curt.
University Spine Center Zurich
In the spine center, acute and chronic problems of the spine are clarified and treated . The areas of spinal surgery, physical medicine and rheumatology , chiropractic , neurology , neuro-urology, musculoskeletal radiology , anesthesia and pain therapy as well as pediatric orthopedics work together.
Other departments
- radiology
- Physical medicine and rheumatology
- Anesthesiology
- Chiropractic medicine
- Internal Medicine
- rehabilitation
- maintenance
- physical therapy
Research and Teaching
The first research house was put into operation in 1995 on the premises of the old institute. The Balgrist University Hospital conducts research in the following areas:
- Orthopedics
- Tumors
- Biomechanics
- Paraplegiology
- radiology
- anesthesia
- Rheumatology & physical medicine
Swiss association Balgrist
The Swiss Balgrist Association has existed since 1909 and operates the Balgrist University Hospital. The association aims to promote the health of people suffering from the musculoskeletal system. In cooperation with the University of Zurich and other scientific institutions, the association also promotes teaching and research on the musculoskeletal system.
It was founded in 1909 as the "Swiss Association for crippled children" by the orthopedic surgeon Wilhelm Schulthess , the Riehen pastor Joseph Kägi, the Zurich education secretary Friedrich Zollinger and other personalities in order to treat orthopedic patients in the Seine of the founder of orthopedics Jean-André Venel (then: To enable "crippled") children from all over Switzerland to receive medical treatment, education and training.
The association was finally able to inaugurate a new building in 1912 as the first "institute" on the Balgrist hill, with Wilhelm Schulthess becoming its first director. Initially there were 74 places in the affiliated boarding school. In the "era of machine orthopedics" at that time, numerous mechanical devices were used, often stretching devices.
history
The Balgrist University Hospital developed from the institution for crippled children founded in 1912 . The first two directors, Schulthess and Hoessly, had already carried out clinical research and initiated a systematic and complete collection of medical files, which later became an archive that was important for research.
Richard Scherb also increasingly opened the clinic to the treatment of adults and achieved extensive extensions. Under Scherb, even after an agreement concluded in 1945 with the Canton of Zurich, the institution became a university clinic and the clinic director also became professor of orthopedics at the University of Zurich . Scherb was the first to analyze the human gait on a roller-walkway and to create "myokinesigrams", although at that time the muscle activity was initially felt by hand.
From 1950 to 1969 Max René Francillon was director of the Balgrist. In 1966 the facility was expanded to include the seven-story high-rise building, a new treatment wing, an auditorium and the ten-story staff house. In 1990 the third Swiss Paraplegic Center started operations.
Adam Schreiber , the director in office from 1969, built extensive research laboratories, for example for calcium metabolism or biomechanics , and for the first time hired employees for research tasks alone.
After Adam Schreiber retired , Hans Zollinger took over the management temporarily until the shoulder specialist Christian Gerber was appointed as the new director on October 1st, 1995 . In 1995 the Balgrist had 169 beds, 2,865 inpatients were treated with an average length of stay of 14 days. In 1995 there were 29,108 consultations with external patients and 2,442 surgical interventions were performed. The turnover was 70.7 million Swiss francs.
In August 2017, the spine specialist Mazda Farshad replaced the emeritus Christian Gerber.
literature
- Thomas Böni, Beat Rüttimann : History of the Balgrist University Hospital. (PDF file; 1002 kB)
- Thomas Böni: Balgrist Orthopedic Clinic. In: Zürcher Spitalgeschichte, Volume 3, Ed. Government Council of the Canton of Zurich, 2000: 166–180.
- Thomas Böni, Beat Rüttimann: History of Balgrist. Bulletin Hospital for Joint Diseases, Volume 54, Number 3, 135-139, 1996.
- Beat Rüttimann: Wilhelm Schulthess (1855–1917) and the Swiss orthopedics of his time. Zurich, Polygraphischer Verlag, 1983.
- Beat Rüttimann: From the history of the Swiss Balgrist Association 1909–1984. Swiss Med 6 (5A): 8-23, 1984.
- Beat Rüttimann: The Balgrist 70 years ago. On the history of orthopedics in Switzerland. Historia Hospitalium 14: 245-161, 1981-1982.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Bühler: Sharp understanding, precise scalpel. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, accessed on January 9, 2018 .
- ↑ www.balgrist.ch
- ↑ Switzerland leads the way in the reintegration of paraplegics: change of chief physician at the Center for Paraplegia of the Balgrist University Hospital , Neue Zürcher Zeitung of March 3, 2009
- ↑ Statutes of the Swiss Balgrist Association ( Memento of the original from November 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 177 kB)
- ^ Orthopedic University Clinic Balgrist: Research and Healing - Healing and Research . Clinic brochure, Zurich 1996
- ^ From institution to high-tech operation , Neue Zürcher Zeitung June 25, 2012
- ^ Balgrist: Annual Report 1995 , Zurich 1996
- ↑ Urs Bühler: Sharp understanding, precise scalpel. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, accessed on January 9, 2018 .
