2014 a highly successful year for the Cantonal Hospital

The Zug Cantonal Hospital can look back on a highly successful year in 2014, both clinically and financially.
Thanks to continuous growth, the hospital has been able to record a positive operating result of CHF 1.8 million, with turnover up by 7.9% to CHF 40 million.
 
As to its main function of healing the sick, the hospital treated no fewer than 10,451 in-patients over the course of 2014, an increase of 2.7% and indeed a new record. In fact compared with when the hospital opened in 2009, the number of in-patients treated has increased by 19%. Naturally this has had a positive effect on its finances, too, for example by allowing it to build own capital needed for investment.
 
This has meant that it has been able to increase its bed capacity in the surgical department by six, and an additional operating theatre has been able to be brought into use, bringing the number up to six.
 
Thanks to the appointment of orthopaedic surgeon Roman Flückiger in May of last year, a whole range of foot operations can now be performed. Then a second Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner has also been acquired as well as new angiography equipment.
 
There was a new record in the maternity department, too, with as many as 843 babies delivered (compared with 834 in the previous year), the highest number ever in one year.
 
Other interesting statistics showed that, on average, 93% of beds were occupied at any one time with the average length of stay amounting to five days.
 
As to further plans, director Matthias Winistörfer said the hospital was looking to open a pharmacy on the ground floor in the first quarter of 2016.