The healthcare industry is a rapidly growing and also high value-added sector of the economy. The city of St.Gallen is home to internationally recognized competencies in the healthcare sector. In addition, Empa and the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen are conducting research into forward-looking solutions. All players are optimally networked with each other and live the mutual exchange.
NET WORKS for perspectives
On the initiative of the City of St.Gallen, over 40 St.Gallen institutions are working together in the St.Gallen Health network, which was created in 2020. The St.Gallen Health network aims to position St.Gallen more strongly as an attractive location for companies in the healthcare sector, thereby creating jobs and attracting skilled workers. In the film, you can find out more about St.Gallen as a healthcare location, which has offered CSL Vifor the best conditions for international success for more than 150 years.
Laboratory diagnostics in medical genetics
The Center for Laboratory Medicine (ZLM) is a modern, innovative, high-performance laboratory with 230 employees and is one of the leading medical-diagnostic laboratories in Switzerland. It guarantees comprehensive laboratory diagnostics, provides basic laboratory medical care in the canton, special analysis for the hospitals, the St.Gallen psychiatric department and the veterinary authorities and provides laboratory medical services for other medical and research institutions in Switzerland and abroad.
St.Gallen cutting-edge medicine
The city of St.Gallen is home to numerous companies that conduct research in the medical field or are suppliers to hospitals - we visited some of them. For example, EMPA. EMPA develops materials to support human health. SCHOTT is a technology group and its core competence is the development and production of syringes and ampoules. The KSSG invests heavily in the education and training of its employees. By the way, the Kantonsspital St.Gallen is the largest employer in the city. More info in the video.
