page_title: Geneva University Hospitals
section_title: Activity
hierarchical_section_title: Geneva University Hospitals / Activity
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with doctors from the University Hospitals of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 2, 2016, as he visited the U.S. Mission in Geneva and thanked the first responders who treated him after he broke his leg in a biking accident in nearby France on May 31, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
context_page_description: The Geneva University Hospitals is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland, and the largest one in the country. It is one of the largest hospitals in Europe.
  First founded in 1535, the creation of the HUG dates back to 1995 as a merger of all public hospitals in Geneva. The HUG operate 8 hospitals in the Canton of Geneva as well as 40 outpatients clinics.
context_section_description: Geneva law entrusts the HUG with three main missions:
  Treatment: the HUG meet the needs of a community of 500,000 residents and handle 118,000 emergencies each year.
  Teaching: in collaboration with the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, the professional schools (particularly the HEDS, College of Health [Haute Ecole de Santé]) and the CIS (Interprofessional Simulation Center [Centre Interprofessionnel de Simulation]), the HUG train more than 900 physicians each year, (interns and clinic leaders) and around 203 apprentices (in the field of health and in administrative or technical fields). They also welcome more than 2,200 medical trainees, and health care professionals or others.
  Research: in conjunction with the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine and with support from private and public foundations, the HUG run projects to improve treatments for patients.
caption: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shares a laugh with doctors from the University Hospitals of Geneva in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 2, 2016, as he visited the U.S. Mission in Geneva and thanked the first responders who treated him after he broke his leg in a biking accident.
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