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The private clinics and the air rescue services behind the great Swiss and Austrian resorts.
Last checked October 2026.
A private clinic for orthopaedics and trauma surgery, founded in 1929 when Dr. Paul Gut opened the first orthopaedic trauma practice in St. Moritz, and a leading provider in its field in Graubünden. It runs inpatient clinics in St. Moritz and at Fläsch, near Bad Ragaz, which opened in 2017, with practices in Chur, Ascona and at Zurich Airport; its sports physicians look after individual athletes and teams.
The non-profit air-rescue foundation flies emergency helicopters from 14 bases across Switzerland, among them Samedan near St. Moritz, Zweisimmen near Gstaad and Wilderswil near Interlaken, and keeps three ambulance jets at Zurich Airport to bring patients home from abroad. Its emergency number is 1414 in Switzerland and +41 333 333 333 from abroad. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
Founded in 1968, the Valais air-rescue and helicopter company flies from its bases in Zermatt, Raron and Gampel to the resorts and high peaks of the Valais; in 1973 it became the first Swiss rescue service to fly doctors and paramedics permanently on its missions. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
A private hospital in Innsbruck, the gateway city of the Tyrolean Alps, on the contract lists of Austria's private health insurers.
A private hospital run by the Sisters of the Holy Cross (Kreuzschwestern) on the edge of Innsbruck, also on the private insurers' contract lists.
A private hospital in the city of Salzburg, the gateway to the Salzburg Alps, on the private insurers' contract lists.
The Austrian automobile club's air-rescue service, founded in 1983, flies its Christophorus emergency helicopters from 18 year-round bases across Austria, with further bases in the ski regions in winter. Visit website (opens the official site) ↗
That makes 7 entries in all.
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