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WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2020Since 1819, Toronto General Hospital has been a
leader in cardiac care, organ transplants and the
treatment of complex patient needs. TGH has fo-
cused on novel therapies to treat endocrine and
autoimmune disorders ever since insulin was de-
veloped, and its first clinical use in the treatment
of diabetes at the hospital was in 1922. This past
year, TGH doctors performed the first robot-as-
sisted brain surgery on a live patient, which they
hope will bridge even more frontiers and eventually
allow patients in remote communities to get this
kind of life-saving care. Its five-year strategic plan
focuses on patient well-being and provides regular,
transparent performance reviews of health out-
comes and patient experience. Uhn.caGiven that Charité was founded in
1710 when bubonic plague threatened
Berlin, it is ɿtting that, in what is now
one of the largest university hospitals in
Europe, Charité researchers are taking
the lead on identifying and treating
infectious diseases such as Zika, SARS
and MERS. Charité researchers devel-
oped the ɿrst diagnostic test to identify
the COVID-19 coronavirus, which orig-
inated in Wuhan, China. More than half
of all German Nobel Prize winners in
physiology or medicine can be claimed
by Charité as one of its own, and the
hospital is internationally renowned for
its excellence in teaching and training.
In a new partnership announced in July
2019, Charité is integrating the Berlin
Institute of Health under its umbrella;
according to a statement from the BIH,
it “is to become—alongside patient
care and the medical faculty—the
third pillar of Charité.” Charite.deToronto General Hospital
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