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PRESS RELEASE Geneva, 9 September 2019 HIRSLANDEN CLINIQUE LA COLLINE JOINS LAVER CUP AS OFFICIAL MEDICAL PARTNER Hirslanden Clinique La Colline has been selected by the Laver Cup to become its official medical partner in Geneva, September 20-22, 2019. The Laver Cup today announced its official medical partnership with Hirslanden Clinique La Colline, who’s recently inaugurated Sports Medicine Center has been recognized by Swiss Olympic as Sport Medical Center and professional osteopathy services in the tennis field. Hirslanden Clinique La Colline will be working with Laver Cup and ATP Physiotherapists to provide dedicated treatment and massage therapy services during the tournament. “We are delighted to become the official medical partner of the Laver Cup in Geneva. With our combined expertise in sports medicine, orthopedics and osteopathy, our goal is to enable Team Europe and Team World to showcase the best of their abilities in Geneva. Performance is a matter of preparation and discipline”, says Gilles Rufenacht, Director of Hirslanden Clinique La Colline in Geneva. “We look forward to working with the professional team at Hirslanden at the Laver Cup in Geneva. Their experienced practitioners will be a key asset for all the players, and will ensure both teams have access to the services they need to prepare for what promises to be an incredible weekend of tennis action,” Laver Cup CEO Steve Zacks said. “ Information: Hirslanden Clinique La Colline Laver Cup Magali Dauwalder Prue Ryan Head of Communications Head of Public Relations T +41 79 107 56 76 +61 419 308 369 [email protected] [email protected] www.hirslanden.ch Hirslanden Private Hospital Group As of 31 March 2019, the Hirslanden Private Hospital Group consists of 18 hospitals in 11 cantons, many of which have an integrated outpatient surgery centre and emergency department. The Group also operates 3 outpatient clinics, 2 outpatient surgery units, 17 radiology institutes and 5 radiotherapy institutes. It has 2,303 affiliated doctors and 10,442 permanent employees, 510 of whom are doctors. Hirslanden is the leading private hospital group and the largest medical network in Switzerland. In the 2018/19 financial year, it generated a turnover of 1,778 million Swiss francs. As of 31 March 2019, the Group had treated over 106,851 inpatients with a total of 479,631 inpatient days. In insurance terms, the patient mix consists of 48.7% with basic, 29.5% with semi-private and 21.8% with private insurance. PRESS RELEASE Hirslanden Private Hospital Group stands for first class medical quality, made possible with highly qualified, experienced doctors. In medical terms, Hirslanden stands out in the market as a system provider. Interdisciplinary medical competence centres and specialist institutes enable optimal and individual treatment of cases, whatever their level of medical complexity. The private hospital group was formed in 1990 out of the merger of a number of private hospitals, and became part of the international hospital group Mediclinic International plc in 2007, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange Hirslanden Clinique La Colline Clinique La Colline is located in the centre of Geneva and offers multidisciplinary medical and surgical services through more than 30 different specialties. The hospital is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities and has 67 individual rooms, some of which are en-suite, an outpatient unit and long-term care unit. Specialising in orthopedic surgery and traumatology, neurosurgery and gastrointestinal surgery, the hospital has more than 20 medical centres, an emergency department that is part of the Geneva Emergencies Network, six operating theatres and its own outpatients clinic. Accredited by Swiss Olympic as a “Medical Center”, the Centre for Sports Medicine and Exercise (CSME) offers personalised care to both young and experienced athletes, as well as to anyone who takes part in a sport or who is undergoing medical-sports rehabilitation. More than 300 members of staff and 450 affiliated doctors oversee the health and wellbeing of patients. .