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Being there for others with heart and dedication - this describes the volunteer work at Gesundheitswelt Zollikerberg and Zollikerberg Hospital, which Sandra Kirschke has been passionate about for two years. Whether during conversations, walks or in quiet moments - here she meets people at the deepest level, even in the challenging phases of their lives.

The heart of every organisation is its culture. It consists of the shared beliefs, values and behaviours that shape the daily actions and thoughts of all employees. Put simply, our culture is what we do and how we think. Culture influences every decision, behaviour and interaction within companies, associations, authorities and all other organisations.

At the recent public event at Zollikerberg Hospital on the topic of endometriosis, Dr Dimitrios Chronas, Chief Physician and Head of the Women's Clinic, and PD Dr Daniela Paepke, Senior Physician mb Women's Clinic, ZIMT, BreastCentre Zurich, Bethanien & Zollikerberg, provided insights into the diagnostics and treatment options of medicine and integrative medicine. Our experts summarise the most important findings of the event here.

The social counselling service at Zollikerberg Hospital is available to our patients as well as to anyone seeking advice and support. In this interview, Claudia von Ow, Head of Social Counselling, explains the areas in which she can offer you advice, the specialist services she works with and dispels some common preconceptions.

The annual thank-you event for our volunteers took place on 28 October 2024. We were delighted by the many registrations and the evening was a pleasure. New contacts were made at the drinks reception. The scenic reading "Our Souls at Night" by Kent Haruf was a source of humour and food for thought: Closeness, loneliness, second chances and the freedom to enjoy life regardless of the opinions of others were central themes. The message: no matter what people think - you can't let anyone spoil your happiness.

She is responsible for training the new generation of nurses and has been working at Zollikerberg Hospital since 1999. In her hospital story, Sabina Decurtins, Head of Education at the Zollikerberg Healthcare World Learning and Education Centre, talks about her career path at the hospital, the differences in nursing from the past to the present and future challenges in nursing training.

Find out why a sound introduction for junior doctors is important to us in the interview with Dr Gurpreet Anand, Head of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine and Co-Project Manager of the Onboarding and SkillsLab project.

Christian Ernst, project manager of the hospital-at-home service "Visit - Spital Zollikerberg Zuhause®" and Gwen Gehrecke, nursing expert, talk in an interview about the opportunities and challenges of acute care in familiar surroundings and about their expectations for the upcoming congress, which will take place on 8 November 2024 at Gesundheitswelt Zollikerberg.