Emergency & Doctors

Geneva benefits from many specialist doctors, ‘permanences médicales’ and private clinics, where health care is of the highest quality.

English is widely spoken in the medical sector and finding an English-speaking doctor in Geneva is not difficult.

The Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) is the largest hospital in Switzerland and the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and the Hospitals and clinics in nyon and the region all are close by. As well as providing expert inpatient and outpatient care, both hospitals are leading medical research centres.

Pharmacies are often conveniently located and can be a first stop for advice.

 Purchasing medicines & pharmacies

• Pharma24 pharmacy open 24/24, near HUG
• Medical emergencies in the city of Nyon and pharmacies on duty in the canton of Vaud

Doctor, medical centres and clinics

For medical care, if your usual medical practitioner is not available, you can consult one of the six public or private medical emergency centres, which belong to the Réseau Urgences Genève (R.U.G).

Medical, dental offices and medical-surgical centres are often less crowded than hospital emergency departments and prices are the same. In addition, medical clinics offer a wide range of prescription care.

Find a list medical centre and information in French speaking Switzerland and neighbouring France on the website SanteRomande.ch. 

 A paediatrician for your children? Find all info on comparis.ch

Medical house calls in Geneva: 

• Médecins@domicile
• SOS-médecins
• GE-MED

Canton of Vaud

• association of private clinics
• Vaud association of Physicians