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WORLD’S BEST HOSPITALS 2020The oldest and largest hospital
in this city-state, Singapore
General Hospital, a teaching
hospital, was founded 1821.
Now, it employs more than 10,000
people and sees more than
1 million patients every year.
It is home to Southeast Asia’s
only full multidisciplinary
center for cancer and is
an acute tertiary referral
hospital with over 40 clinical
disciplines. In 2010, it was
the first hospital in Asia to
receive the Magnet designation
for nursing excellence from the
American Nurses Credentialing
Center. Sgh.com.sgSINGAPORE
GENERAL HOSPITALThe lineage of this hospital, the ɿrst in Zurich, dates back to
120 . It is one of ɿve university hospitals in Switzerland. Currently, it has 3
departments and institutes, ranging from a center on aging and mobility to a
department of surgery and transplantation. The hospital has 980 beds, and
1,500 physicians and scientists. It treats over 42,000 inpatients and has over
500,000 outpatient visits every year. In 1977, a physician here successfully
restored normal blood ʀow to constricted coronary arteries using a balloon
catheter. Today, the procedure is widely used all over the world. En.Usz.ch
Universitäts Spital Zurich
FROM LEFT: NICOLAS ZONVI; COURTESY OF SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITALʤ^2
ʥ; COURTESY OF SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER; JONATHAN NACKSTRANDʔAFPʔGETTY