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| Company type | Private |
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| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 21 (2023) |
Key people | Dino Cauzza (CEO) Raymond Loretan (Executive Chairman) |
Number of employees | 4,100+ (2023) |
| Parent | Aevis Victoria SA |
| Website | http://www.swissmedical.net |
Swiss Medical Network [1] is a Swiss private hospital group with clinics and medical centres in all language regions of the country. Swiss Medical Network is a subsidiary of AEVIS VICTORIA SA, which is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Aevis holds 80% of Swiss Medical Network. The holding company is active in the healthcare, life sciences, medical care, hotel and personal services sectors.
Swiss Medical Network is one of the two leading private clinic and hospital groups in Switzerland. Swiss Medical Network employs 2,300 doctors and 4,100 staff in 21 clinics and hospitals and over 60 outpatient centres in 15 cantons and all language regions of the country. he Group covers the entire medical spectrum and manages list and contract hospitals. he facilities have a total of around 1,500 beds and performed more than 75,000 surgical procedures in 2023. In total, over 700,000 patients received outpatient care. wiss Medical Network was the majority shareholder of Hôpital du Jura bernois SA before it became part of the Réseau de l'Arc healthcare organisation.
The network is complemented by an ophthalmology reference network, the Swiss Visio Network, with over 22 centres throughout Switzerland. wiss Visio specialises in refractive surgery and ophthalmology and is internationally renowned for its research in the field of glaucoma.
In 022, Swiss Medical Network launched the Réseau de l'Arc, the first integrated healthcare organisation with its own healthcare product called VIVA, together with Visana Participations and the Canton of Berne. s part of this integrated strategy, Swiss Medical Network is focussing on primary healthcare in the periphery. The network now includes over 60 medical centres, including the Xundheitszentren, which extend from Stein am Rhein to Silvaplana.
| Clinics that belong to the Swiss Medical Network | Foundation year | Year of joining Swiss Medical Network | Medical specialities |
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| Clinique de Genolier | 1972 | 2022 | Oncology, orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, general and visceral surgery |
| Clinique de Montchoisi | 1935 | 2003 | Ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, ENT, radiology |
| Clinique de Valère | 1920 | 2012 | Orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology |
| Clinique Générale Ste-Anne | 1908 | 2005 | Orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine, gynaecology |
| Clinique Générale-Beaulieu | 1899 | 2016 | Orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, urology, oncology, nuclear medicine, radio-oncology |
| Clinique Montbrillant | 1909 | 2015 | Orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology, ophthalmology |
| Clinique Valmont | 1905 | 2006 | Neurological rehabilitation, orthopaedic rehabilitation, peripheral neurological rehabilitation, respiratory rehabilitation, memory clinic |
| Hôpital de La Providence | 1859 | 2012 | Sports medicine, orthopaedic surgery, urology |
| Hôpital de Moutier | 1850 | 2020 | Gynaecology, internal medicine, mental health |
| Hôpital de Saint-Imier | 1850 | 2020 | Surgery, internal medicine, emergency medicine, geriatric rehabilitation |
| Privatklinik Bethanien | 1912 | 2010 | Orthopaedics, spinal surgery, gynaecology, urology |
| Privatklinik Belair | 1971 | 2019 | Orthopaedics, general and visceral surgery, urology |
| Privatklinik Lindberg | 1906 | 2011 | Orthopaedic surgery, neurosurgery, urology |
| Privatklinik Obach | 1922 | 2012 | General surgery, gynaecology, internal medicine, urology |
| Privatklinik Siloah | 1955 | 2018 | Orthopaedic surgery, general surgery, urology |
| Privatklinik Villa im Park | 1984 | 2013 | Gynaecology and obstetrics, orthopaedic surgery, urology |
| Rosenklinik Rapperswil | 1995 | 2019 | Orthopaedics, hand surgery, urology, sports medicine |
| Schmerzklinik Basel | 1978 | 2014 | Anaesthesia, interventional pain diagnostics, rheumatology, neurology |
| Klinik Pyramide am See | 1993 | 2011 | Plastic and reconstructive surgery, breast cancer surgery |
| Clinica Ars Medica | 1989 | 2012 | Orthopaedic surgery, sports medicine, physiotherapy |
| Clinica Sant’Anna | 1922 | 2012 | Gynaecology and obstetrics, oncology, ENT |
Five shareholders founded AGEN Holding SA in 2002 by taking over Clinique de Genolier, which had been operating in the Vaud municipality of the same name since 1972. In the years that followed, new clinics were continuously integrated into the group in order to create a national network of private healthcare institutions. In 2003, they integrated the Clinique de Montchoisi in Lausanne, VD, which had been founded in 1923. The Clinique Valmont in Glion ob Montreux, VD, founded by Henri-Auguste Widmer in 1905, and the Sainte-Anne and Garcia clinics in Fribourg were integrated in 2005 (the merger of the latter two ultimately resulted in the Clinique Générale Ste-Anne). In 2007, the Centre d'oncologie in Geneva, the only private centre for radio-oncology in the city, was opened.
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In 2011, Genolier Swiss Medical Network acquired a 49% stake in Privatklinik Lindberg in Winterthur ] and a 20% stake in Klinik Pyramide am See in Zurich. [ ] Privatklinik Obach in Solothurn (founded in 1922), Clinica Ars Medica in Gravesano TI (founded in 1989), Clinica Sant'Anna in Lugano (founded in 1922) and Privatklinik Lindberg were integrated in 2012 and Clinique de Valère in Sion, VS (founded in 1920), Hôpital de la Providence in Neuchâtel (founded in 1859) and Privatklinik Villa im Park in Rothrist (founded in 1984) in 2013. [ This was followed in 2014 by the integration of Schmerzklinik Basel (founded in 1978) and in 2015 by the integration of Clinique Montbrillant in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
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