Emergency medicine in Switzerland.
Situated in the heart of Europe, Switzerland's 7 million inhabitants, including 1 million foreigners, live in an area of 41,000 km2. German, French, Italian, and Rhaeto-Romanic are the official languages. The Swiss health service stands out because of the high quality and efficiency of its ambulatory and hospitalized health care management.
Department of Emergency and Surgery, Kantonsspital, St Gallen, Switzerland.
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