Key figures
1st Swiss University Hospital
- 11 hospital sites
- 20 care sites
- 63 481 hospital cases
- 1 206 624 outpatients treated
- 30 011 surgical procedures
- 3 922 births
- 142 458 emergencies
- 2 083 beds
- 12 803 employees where 2 176 are physicians and 7 233 in nursing care, medical technology, medical treatment and social services staff
For more information, see 2023 Key figures (English or French)
Key dates
The HUG Hospital Group was created in 1995 via a merger of the Geneva public sector hospitals. It continues a tradition of excellence in medicine and science that dates back hundreds of years. Some key dates.
| 1535 | Creation of the General Hospital |
| 1712 | Rebuilding of the General Hospital on the site of the current Palais de justice |
| 1856 | Opening of the Canton Hospital, following the separation of social work, the task of the General Hospice, from medical assistance |
| 1875 | Opening of The Maternity opened at rue Prévost-Martin |
| 1876 | Creation of the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine |
| 1898 | First outpatient consultations (polyclinics) |
| 1900 | Opening of two asylums outside city limits: Loëx ("for incurable and non-contagious patients", and Bel-Air ("for mental health patients") |
| 1913 | Construction of Surgery Department |
| 1943 | Construction on the Cluse-Roseraie site began, which carried on for the next fifty years |
| 1961 | Opening of the Children's Hospital |
| 1972 | Opening of the Geriatrics Hospital |
| 1992 | Opening of the Opéra building containing 12 operating theatres (including four for Emergency) |
| 1995 | Creation of the Geneva University Hospitals |
| 2015 | Opening of Laboratory and Research Building (BATLab) |
| 2016 | Integration of Joli-Mont and Crans-Montana clinics into the HUG |
| 2017 | Opening of Gustave Julliard Building |
| 2021 | EXTOP Project |
Five key publications
150 ans. De l'Hôpital cantonal aux HUG. Une vision politique pour un hôpital public [150 years: from Canton Hospital to HUG. A political vision for a public hospital], by Bernard Lescaze, Médecine+Hygiène, Geneva 2006
A l’orée de la vie - 100 ans de gynécologie et d’obstétrique à la Maternité de Genève [On the cusp of life: 100 years of obstetrics and gynecology at the Geneva Maternity], edited by Philip Rieder, Médecine+Hygiène, Geneva 2007
Loëx. L'Asile, la Maison, l'Hôpital dans la presqu'île [Loëx: Asylum, Home, Hospital on the peninsula], by Armand Brulhart, Georg Editeur, Geneva 2000
Du Mal de Saint-Antoine à Belle-Idée. 2 siècles de psychiatrie à Genève [From Mal de Saint-Antoine to Belle-Idée: 2 centuries of psychiatry in Geneva]. Volume 1, by Armand Brulhart, Georg Editeur, Geneva 2002
De Bel-Air à Belle-Idée. 2 siècles de psychiatrie à Genève [From Mal de Saint-Antoine to Belle-Idée: 2 centuries of psychiatry in Geneva]. Volume 2, edited by Armand Brulhart, Georg Editeur, Geneva 2003
These publications can be ordered from the "L'art à l'hôpital" website (FR).
