DAY19

Zurich, Switzerland

Milan, Italy

06:49

TRAVEL TIME

300 mi

DISTANCE

38 L

FUEL AMOUNT

Friday 16 October 2020

Switzerland & Italy

There was no rain on day 19 of our quest to discover the Future of Healthcare, which meant the team could walk about and explore Zürich today before they had to hit the road, so they went on foot to their meeting with Oriol Saludes, COO and Co-Founder of Kemiex. It also meant that their stop in Basel, Switzerland, didn’t have them dodging for cover in between showers, and could happily meet outside with Brian Peasley, the Senior Director at IPS-Integrated Project Services, LLC, at the Münsterplatz, the cathedral square located in the center of the city.

 

Although it was a busy day of travel, with three cities and two interviews to cover, the team still managed to add some fun into the day, enjoying the good weather, and finding two different lakes in Switzerland to photograph! They ended the day in Milan, Italy, with 300 miles traveled and 6 hours 49 minutes in the cars.

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Why do you think Switzerland has the best healthcare in Europe?

Switzerland

Switzerland

POPULATION

8M

1% of Euro population

LIFE EXPECTANCY

83.3YRS

3

Increase since 2000

HEALTH SYSTEM

Universal

Health expenditure per capita

5799

about €2949 above the EU average

PRIMARY RISK
FACTORS

Smoking 25.7%

Obesity 19.5%

Smoking

LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH

Heart Disease

53.8%

Decrease since 2000

FAMOUS FIGURES

Daniel Bovet

Daniel Bovet (1907-1992)

Pharmacologist who won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters, specifically antihistamines.

Italy

Italy

POPULATION

60M

8% of Euro population

LIFE EXPECTANCY

83.1YRS

>3

Increase since 2000

HEALTH SYSTEM

Universal

Health expenditure per capita

2483

about €367 below the EU average

PRIMARY RISK
FACTORS

Smoking 20%

Obesity 11%

Smoking

LEADING CAUSE
OF DEATH

Heart Disease

33%

Decrease since 2000

FAMOUS FIGURES

Bernardino Ramazzini

Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714)

An Italian physician, Ramazzini was an early proponent of the use of cinchona bark in the treatment of malaria and wrote an important book on occupational diseases.