GPs no longer ‘on-call’ after 8pm
A new regulation affecting after-hours ‘on-call’ physician emergency services in Saanenland took effect January 1, 2012. Due to increasingly undersupply of primary care services in Saanenland and Obersimmental, general practitioners in the region are now only able to guarantee their emergency services on a limited basis. These physicians have requested that the Spital STS AG take over night-time emergency ‘on-call’ services in the region between 20h00 and 8h00.
The resident general practitioners of the Obersimmental, Saanenland and the Spital STS AG along with hospital sites Zweisimmen and Saanen were able to secure the ambulatory health care of the region thanks to this new regulation.
How it works
During the day, the resident general practitioners in Obersimmetal and in Saanenland are accessible as usual through their practices. Between 20h00 and 8h00, however, general practitioners will no longer offer home visits; and they will no longer be accessible during this time. Please contact the emergency number: 0900 57 67 47 (Medphone). If necessary, Medphone will forward your call to either Zweisimmen or Saanen hospital or to an ambulance. For the most urgent and unavoidable situations such as death, the hospital sites of Zweisimmen and Saanen will contact the appropriate GP who has the background information. The 24-hour emergency departments of both hospitals remain accessible and receptive at all times. The other inpatient and outpatient services of the hospitals remain unchanged.
Glad to hear that im emergency situations such as "death" GPs can still be disturbed! How compassionate of them!!
Posted by: Tom61 | Friday, 27 January 2012 at 15:42