Zurich hospital turns away US "health tourists..."

Zurich University Hospital has stopped treating North American "medical tourists", fearing million-dollar claims from litigious patients if operations go wrong.

Hospitals in canton Valais have also adopted measures to protect themselves against visitors from the United States, Canada and Britain.

"The directive applies only to patients from [the US and Canada] who come to Zurich for elective [non-essential] health treatments," Zurich University Hospital spokeswoman Petra Seeburger told swissinfo.ch. More...

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