Hirslanden Clinique Bois-Cerf is a Swisshospital located in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.[1] Founded in 1685, it has been part of the Hirslanden Private Hospital Group since 1998.[2] During the 2015/16 fiscal year, 3,849 hospitalised patients were treated by 347 doctors.[3]
History
Founded in 1685 by a French religious community called "Religieuses Trinitaires", they start renting a villa called "Le Petit Bois-Cerf" on the actual site in 1892 taking care of the sick and poor persons. A first building is built in 1902 and replaced in 1980 by the actual building. The "Religieuses Trinitaires" sold the clinic in 1987. Clinique Bois-Cerf has been part of the Hirslanden Private Hospital Group since 1998.[4] A major renovation of the clinic was completed in 2003.[5][6] To date, the clinic is directed by Cédric Bossart.[7]
Centres and institutes
Clinique Bois-Cerf includes an orthopaedic surgery department, an "active+" department (physiotherapy, osteopathy, occupational gymnastics and aerobics), an ophthalmology department, an obesity multidisciplinary department, a lithotripsy institute, an oncology department, a multi-site radiology institute, a radiation oncology institute and a Sportlab.[8][9][10][11]
Key figures & infrastructure
Clinique Bois-Cerf employs 347 physicians,[12] has 68 beds and 5 operating rooms.[13][14]
In 2013 and 2014, Hirslanden Clinique Bois-Cerf contributed 4.8% to the turnover of the Hirslanden Private Hospital Group.[15]
The main specialties of Clinique Bois-Cerf are allergology and immunology, anesthesiology, angiology, endocrinology / diabetology, gastroenterology, general internal medicine, gynaecology, hand Surgery, infectology, neurology, ophthalmology, oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthopaedic surgery and traumatology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatric surgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation, plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, pneumology, radio-oncology / radiotherapy, radiology, rheumatology, spine surgery, surgery, urology.[16]