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The Medgate Kids Line provides fast and simple medical advice when your child is unwell. The medical team from our partner Medgate is available by phone around the clock.
0900 712 712
(3.23 CHF / min. from the Swiss landline, possibly additionally 8 Rp. / min. by network operator)
0900 712 713
(3.13 CHF / min. for calls from prepaid cell phones, possibly additionally 8 Rp. / min. by network operator)
Please note: the Medgate Kids Line is currently offered in German.
Attending Physician Pediatrics & Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Head of Migrant Health Service
Research Group Leader
PD Dr. med. Nicole Ritz is a clinician-scientist at the University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB). She is a pediatrician and infectious diseases specialist trained in Switzerland, South Africa and Australia. She obtained her MD at the University of Berne investigating risk factors for bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in patients with cystic fibrosis and her PhD at the University of Melbourne investigating the immune response to the immunisation with different strains of BCG vaccine. After her return from Australia in 2011 she joined the UKBB and set-up the mycobacterial research laboratory. She received her habilitation (PD) in 2015 and joined the Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics in the same year.
Her current research focuses on developing novel immunodiagnostic assays for children with tuberculosis and on biomarkers for the diagnosis of respiratory tract infections in children. She is also involved in a multidisciplinary study investigating influenza transmission in the City of Basel. Her research interest also includes novel applications for therapeutic drug monitoring in pediatrics.
Attending Physician Pediatrics & Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Head of Migrant Health Service, Research Group Leader
Research group: Mycobacterial and Migrant Health Research
Research group: DFK
Publications via ORCID
Publications via Pubmed
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(3.12 CHF/min. prepaid cell phones, possibly additionally 8 Rp. / min. by network operator)
University Children’s Hospital Basel
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel / Switzerland
T +41 61 704 12 12
Contact
University Children’s Hospital Basel
Spitalstrasse 33
4056 Basel / Switzerland
T +41 61 704 12 12
Contact
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