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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.

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.

We introduce new junior doctors in a structured and targeted manner. Find out more in the interview with Dr Gurpreet Anand, Head of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine and Co-Project Manager of the Onboarding and SkillsLab project.

At a time when professional and private priorities often delay family planning, social freezing is becoming increasingly important. Dr Roland Braneti, Head of our Fertility Centre, answers the most frequently asked questions about egg and sperm freezing in this interview. He explains how modern reproductive technologies help to preserve fertility in the long term.

Our park invites you to discover works of art between natural ponds, rough pastures and old trees.

Jennifer Bucher, certified Breast Care Nurse at the BreastCentre Zurich, Bethanien & Zollikerberg, cares for and supports people with breast cancer and their relatives on a daily basis. In this interview, you can find out more about her training path, her touching and challenging experiences and the reasons why she chose this special profession.