Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

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Lucerne Cantonal Hospital

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Aargau

Country  :

SWITZERLAND

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Description

The Lucerne Cantonal Hospital network includes the central hospital in Lucerne the two primary care hospitals in Sursee and Wolhusen and the Lucerne Alpine Clinic in Montana At the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital about 5500 members of staff are at the service of patients around the clock The hospital serves a catchment area with 500000 inhabitants 900 acute beds and treats 36000 inpatients and 140000 outpatients every year The central hospital of Central Switzerland is the largest nonuniversity hospital in the country

The Lucerne Cantonal Hospital presents itself as an academic teaching hospital and is committed to scientifically based medicine Many of the specialists working at the departments and institutes conduct scientific studies and publish the results of their research

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