More and more patients from the UK are traveling to Switzerland to have their joint and spinal complaints treated. Klinik Gut is one of the top addresses in the field of orthopedics. It offers consultation and surgery appointments without long waiting times.
“Heidiland” is the name given to the picturesque area in the north of the Swiss canton of Graubünden, where the most modern orthopedic clinic in the region opened in 2017. Patients come from all over Switzerland and increasingly from abroad to be treated here for joint or back problems. Klinik Gut in the picturesque village of Fläsch is not a mass operation, but a specialist clinic focused on patients.
“It is no coincidence that we did not build the new clinic in a big city, but right here. We can be reached quickly from Zurich and Munich and we are in the midst of beautiful scenery,” explains Anke Senne, CEO of Klinik Gut. The clinic performs more than 2,500 operations and 19,000 outpatient treatments per year. The specialist doctors at Klinik Gut specialize in all joints from head to toe and the spine. The focus is on knee, hip and shoulder treatments.
Sports DNA
Fläsch is one of the two hospitals of Klinik Gut AG, a private orthopedic clinic group run by doctors. The group's head office is located in sophisticated St. Moritz, where sports injuries suffered primarily by skiers were once treated. “Our sports DNA is still noticeable,” says Dr. med. Patrick Baumann, medical director at Klinik Gut. “We are a sports medicine base recognized by Swiss Olympic. Our patients also range from top athletes to Olympic champions, whom we advise and treat after injuries or training problems.”
Foreign patients usually have their first appointments directly at Zurich Airport. At the Airport Medical Center there, Klinik Gut offers advice and clarifications. Patients then choose one of the two clinics and travel to Switzerland at a convenient date for them.
“We shouldn't have long waiting times for consultations and operations,” says Dr. Baumann. “Many of our patients are in constant pain. They want quick answers and a lasting improvement in their quality of life.”
This report by Christian Gartmann was published in the British health magazine “Live to 100”.