I never thought I would have a need to visit a hospital while traveling. But since I did. I'm glad…read moreit was here that I had to go to. The care was outstanding. The medical personnel were attentive and always listened to your need. The medications were timely, education and communications were thorough and the surgeons and nurses took some time to get to know the patients. Amazing care!

I am an American on a European vacation. I got very sick. Headache with thick yellow mucus and sore…read morethroat and cough. The doctor tested for strep but it wasn't. He gave me ear drops, nasal decongestant, paracetamol, and Pretuval C. The next day I began feeling better and the mucus was less and less. Only thing is drugs are in German so I couldn't read it. For any English speakers if you receive Pretuval C don't chew it! It's an effervescent tablet that needs to be dissolved in water! Oh and it cost me $180. Doctors come quick. I will show the receipt to my American insurer and try to get reimbursed. This place was a godsend as I was in Europe on Christmas Day.

No medical attention was given all night (7 hours) at the emergency. My husband has serious skin…read moreproblem we can yesterday then the did tests and discharged him and said if it gets worst come back. It spreaded more and got worst. Nurse checked the vitals and asked to wait after 4 hours wait AT THE EMERGENCY. We waited another 3 hours, no doctor. After spending all night in the hospital we are leaving the hospital unattended

I'm the Dutchess of Universitatsspital Zurich, how weird!…read more Anyway, this is the reason why I have less time these days. I want to write this review to inform everyone how absolutely wonderful Universitatsspital Zurich is. This review is only about the intensive care unit. The Universitatsspital Zurich is apparently the best heart hospital in all of Switzerland. My boyfriends mother was rushed here from Winterthur via the Rega (Swiss Air Rescue) helicopter. Rega is a nonprofit organization and it's really wonderful! Their goal is to pick anyone up in Switzerland within 15 minutes. If you pay 40 CHF a year then you don't get charged a lot... I think? Anyway, the doctors in this hospital are hardworking, understanding, sensitive, well informed, caring, and wonderful, and probably a lot more words. My boyfriends mother spent 2 weeks here until she was transferred to the intensive care unit in Schaffhausen (today! yay! she's in Schaffhausen!) and within the two weeks I was able to become somewhat comfortable with the intensive care unit, (well, only a floor) and the people in it. Every day we were able to call the hospital at any time and get a thorough description of what was happening. Every day when we arrived a doctor would meet with us and explain face to face what was happening. They were always very clear, they told us when they didn't know something, and they let us take plenty of time with questions. These doctors could make life changing decisions very quickly. There were several doctors working with my boyfriends mother, but since I was here for a while the faces became familiar. I truly felt that these people cared immensely for her. I felt a calmness with the doctors, they really had a warmth to them. I don't know too much about hospitals, but they really have all the shiz here. So. many. things. Tubes, and wires and lines and machines and more tubes and gauze and stickers and bla bla bla! It's amazing! Everyone manages to be so organized and the doctors always smile and greet you when you're in the room, even if they have 1038123 other things to be thinking about. Unfortunately the visiting hours are 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., but you can come anytime if it's the first day there, I think. You're in good hands here, they will help.

By no means is going to the hospital a pleasant experience, but if you have the unfortunate need…read moreto go, this is not a bad place to do so. I was on vacation nearby when a mystery case of altitude sickness or some other type of severe travel related illness hit me. After hours of not feeling well, the relatives I was visiting brought me here. It was around 10 pm on a Friday night. Very minimal wait to be seen, less than 10 minutes. This is a small and basic equipped hospital but serves most emergency related needs. I don't speak German but luckily the doctor on staff spoke English. However the nurse assisting him did not so we required a bit of translation. Either way, everyone was friendly helpful and quick to make me feel better. After spending an hour or so getting rehydrated by IV I was feeling much better and ready to go. I had travel medical insurance but the staff seemed perplexed by my insurance card and had no idea how to process it. I ended up paying 70 euros cash. An extremely reasonable rate considering these services would have literally cost $5000 back home in the US. It was worth every penny to get checked out by medical staff and feel better so I could continue enjoying my trip.