Swiss hospitals postpone surgeries to treat Crans-Montana fire victims

In some Swiss hospitals, surgeries had to be postponed to prioritise the urgent treatment of the Crans-Montana bar fire victims. "However, the coordination between the various hospitals is working extremely well and they are supporting each other," said the University Hospital Zurich (UZH) in response to an enquiry from the Keystone-SDA news agency on Saturday. In the meantime, other Zurich hospitals have taken over patients and emergencies from UZH. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, the UZH emergency department is open at all times and ready to accept additional and other patients. Intensive care beds are also available at all times. Planned operations at Zurich Children's Hospital (Kispi) also have to be postponed, as reported by Swiss public broadcaster SRF. Five people injured in the fire are being treated at Kispi. They are all under the age of 18 and are in an induced coma. A double-digit number of operations are required for their treatment.