University Hospital of Basel
| University Hospital of Basel | |
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Klinikum 1
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| Geography | |
| Location | Basel, Switzerland |
| Organisation | |
| Affiliated university | University of Basel |
| Services | |
| Beds | 773 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.unispital-basel.ch |
The University Hospital of Basel (German: Universitätsspital Basel, USB), in Basel, is one of the five university hospitals of Switzerland. Since 1842, it is located in a former palace, the Markgräflerhof.
USB brings together 50 clinics, units and institutes all working together in an interdisciplinary manner and employs a staff of about 5'000.
With an approximate 670 beds, USB is the biggest healthcare facility in north-western Switzerland.
USB provides services in all fields of medicine apart from pediatrics.
USB is well known for its special form of hormone-delivered radiotherapy to treat neuroendocrine cancer, tried by Steve Jobs in 2009.
Coordinates: 47°33′46″N 7°34′59″E / 47.56278°N 7.58306°E
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