History of the Bern Hirslanden hospitals

Start of the renovation of Klinik Beau-Site to optimise the use of space in order to strengthen specialities such as cardiovascular, vascular and abdominal medicine and to pool outpatient processes.

• Opening of the Centre for Urology and Nephrology
• Installation of the da Vinci medical robot.

• Opening of the Institute of Radiology close to the hospital. The institute has an MRI and CT scanner, as well as conventional X-ray equipment.
• Conversion of the basement floor to create a modern physiotherapy area. The new anti-gravity treadmill will be in use from April.

Klinik Beau-Site celebrates its 70th anniversary. The video for the hospital’s 70th anniversary presents a series of the most important milestones.

• Opening of a fourth delivery room
• Refurbishment of reception area
• Refurbishment of patient administration
• Construction of a public pharmacy 

Klinik Beau-Site is the only hospital besides the Inselspital to be awarded a service mandate for large, rare visceral surgery interventions by the Conference of Cantonal Health Directors (GDK).

Construction of a third, fully digitalised heart catheter laboratory specialised in the treatment of patients with cardiac arrhythmia.

Installation of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner

• Opening of the modern medical and inpatient ward (Home von Rodt)
• Expansion of the intensive care unit (ICU), day clinic and the intermediate care unit (IMC)

Refurbishment of inpatient rooms

Start of construction of a new medical and inpatient ward on the hospital site

Salem-Spital celebrates its 120th anniversary

Klinik Permanence celebrates its 30th anniversary

Opening of the Knee Surgery Bern centre at the Klinik Permanence site

• Refurbishment of ward A5 for patients with private and semi-private insurance
• Refurbishment of the dialysis unit

Opening of the Lung Centre Bern

Restructuring of the 24-hour cardiac emergency unit. Collaboration with Salem-Spital emergency centre.

Opening of the Hirslanden Bern Emergency Centre

Opening of the Orthopaedic Clinic Bern

Refurbishment and renovation of Klinik Permanence, opening of two new, state-of-the-art operating rooms, additional patient rooms, expansion of interdisciplinary consultation services

Integration of Salem-Spital into the Hirslanden private hospital group

Completion of refurbishment with additional second and third basement levels worth 27 million Swiss francs.

Refurbishment of the maternity ward

Project relocation to the newly acquired Salem-Spital and realignment of Klinik Permanence

Launch of the major ‘Orthopaedic Centre Bern’ project

Expansion of physiotherapy and medical training therapy (MTT)

Integration of Klinik Permanence into the Hirslanden private hospital group and opening of the Eye Surgery Centre

Second phase of construction and refurbishment, including construction of the surgical centre

Expansion of the hospital to include a third operating room, plus opening of additional patient rooms and offices

Merger with the Hirslanden private hospital group

The refurbishment of the entire hospital area is completed, with the addition of the heart catheter laboratory and cardiac surgery

Opening of a second operating room, additional patient rooms, medical practices, an image processing room and an X-ray archive

Acquisition by the AMI private hospital group

First extensive refurbishment and construction phase of the entire hospital

Hospital extension: additional patient rooms, on-call rooms, physiotherapy and laundry room

Opening of Klinik Permanence with 26 beds, an operating room, an outpatient ward and a 24-hour emergency department

Addition of the building at Schänzlihalde 15 to the site

Built around 1911 as a hotel, Beau-Site was bought by Dr Werner Raaflaub and two other doctors and converted into a hospital.

Further expansions of the hospital building

Construction of the wing south-east of the existing main building (Building B)

Opening of Salem-Spital, built by Friedrich Dändliker

Klinik Beau-Site celebrates its 80th anniversary.