Hoch Health Ostschweiz
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a Swiss public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) entered in the Canton St. Gallen commercial register under UID CHE-108.906.206, with its registered seat in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The underlying entity was first registered on 27 December 2006 as Kantonsspital St.Gallen, when the canton reorganised its hospitals into independent public-law hospital networks under St. Gallen’s hospital-networks statute. Following a publication in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB) dated 24 January 2025, the entity was renamed HOCH Health Ostschweiz with effect from 1 January 2025. On the same effective date, and confirmed by a further SHAB entry dated 23 April 2025, HOCH Health Ostschweiz absorbed by merger three other cantonal hospital-network institutions, taking over their assets and liabilities to form a single hospital enterprise for eastern Switzerland.
HOCH Health Ostschweiz now operates the hospital sites of Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG), the tertiary referral, university teaching and research hospital for eastern Switzerland, together with Spital Grabs, Spital Wil and Spital Linth, plus outpatient centres including locations in Altstätten and Rorschach. Its statutory purpose covers needs-based hospital care, emergency care for illness and accident, education and training in the healthcare professions, university-level teaching and clinical research; it may also provide additional health-related and outpatient services where these do not compromise its primary hospital mandate. As of 2024 to 2025, the enterprise employed more than 8,000 staff, making it one of the largest healthcare employers in Switzerland.
The website on file for this profile, kssg.ch, is the historic domain of Kantonsspital St.Gallen; as of September 2026 it redirects automatically to the current group website, h-och.ch. This reflects the January 2025 rename and hospital merger described above rather than a mismatch between the registered entity and its website: Kantonsspital St.Gallen is the legal predecessor name, and remains the largest hospital site, of the entity now named HOCH Health Ostschweiz. HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a public-sector body established by, and belonging to, the Canton of St. Gallen; it is not a joint-stock company and has no private shareholders.
At a media presentation on 5 March 2026, the chair of the board of directors, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of HOCH Health Ostschweiz reported consolidated revenue of approximately CHF 1.44 billion and a net profit of CHF 34.4 million for the 2025 financial year, its first full year operating as the merged entity, compared with a combined loss reported by the predecessor public St. Gallen hospitals in 2024. These are company-reported figures from a public presentation rather than from an audited annual report identified on file.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of HOCH Health Ostschweiz
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is not a joint-stock company and has no shares, shareholders or ultimate beneficial owners in the ordinary corporate sense. It is entered in the Swiss commercial register under the special legal form category (Besondere Rechtsform), consistent with its status as a selbstständige öffentlich-rechtliche Anstalt (an independent public-law institution) established by the Canton of St. Gallen under cantonal hospital legislation. There is no equity capital divided into shares, and no natural person or company holds an ownership interest that could be expressed as a shareholding percentage.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
No ultimate beneficial owner can be identified because HOCH Health Ostschweiz has no share capital or private ownership interest to attribute. The entity is a public body of the Canton of St. Gallen, governed under cantonal statute by a board of directors appointed through that framework rather than elected by private shareholders.
Data availability
Ownership information for HOCH Health Ostschweiz is not applicable rather than undisclosed: as a cantonal public-law institution it has no shareholder register, share capital or beneficial-ownership filing to report. Country availability: Not applicable.
Officers
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Directors and officers of HOCH Health Ostschweiz
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is governed by a nine-member board of directors (Verwaltungsrat) responsible for strategic oversight, and a separate executive management team (Geschäftsleitung) responsible for day-to-day operations. As listed on the official HOCH Health Ostschweiz website, the board is chaired by Stefan Kuhn (entrepreneur), with Dr. med. Küngolt Bietenhard as first vice-president and Prof. Dr. med. Holger Moch as second vice-president. The other board members are Oliver Peters, Martin Würmli, Peter Altherr, Dr. med. Ute Buschmann Truffer, Andrea Hornstein and Andreas Kappeler.
The executive management team is chaired by Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. med. Simon Wildermuth, elected by the board of directors and confirmed at its meeting in late May 2025. Other members include Prof. Dr. med. Wolfram Jochum (Chief Medical Officer), Roger Theiler (Deputy Chief Executive Officer), Prof. Dr. med. Oliver Bozinov (Deputy Chief Medical Officer) and Martin Banaszak (Chief Financial Officer), together with the heads of the clinical, nursing, real estate, IT and management-services departments.
Recent officer changes
The current executive management team took up its roles following the 1 January 2025 hospital merger, with Simon Wildermuth confirmed as Chief Executive Officer at the board meeting held in late May 2025.
Data availability
Officer information for HOCH Health Ostschweiz is published on the official company website rather than as an itemised Swiss commercial register (Zefix) officer listing, since Zefix records for this special-legal-form entity do not enumerate individual board or management appointments in the way they do for a stock corporation. Individual appointment dates, resignation history and nationality are not disclosed in the sources reviewed. Country availability: Partial.
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Group Structure
Group structure of HOCH Health Ostschweiz
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a public-sector hospital enterprise of the Canton of St. Gallen rather than part of a private corporate group. Effective 1 January 2025, per a Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB) publication dated 24 January 2025, the entity previously named Kantonsspital St.Gallen was renamed HOCH Health Ostschweiz. On the same date, and confirmed by a further SHAB entry dated 23 April 2025, it absorbed by merger three other independent public-law hospital-network institutions that had previously operated Spital Grabs, Spital Wil and Spital Linth as separate legal entities, taking over their assets and liabilities. Those three institutions no longer exist as separate legal entities.
According to the official HOCH Health Ostschweiz website, Spitalanlagengesellschaft HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a wholly owned (100%) subsidiary, itself a public-law entity, that separates the real-estate development and facility-management function from the hospital core business. No other verified subsidiaries, sister companies or corporate parents have been identified from official sources.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spitalanlagengesellschaft HOCH Health Ostschweiz | Switzerland | Not disclosed | Direct subsidiary | 100% (per official website) | Active | September 2026 |
| Predecessor institution operating Spital Grabs | Switzerland | Not disclosed | Historical relationship (merged into HOCH Health Ostschweiz) | Not applicable | Dissolved (merged) | 23 April 2025 (SHAB) |
| Predecessor institution operating Spital Wil | Switzerland | Not disclosed | Historical relationship (merged into HOCH Health Ostschweiz) | Not applicable | Dissolved (merged) | 23 April 2025 (SHAB) |
| Predecessor institution operating Spital Linth | Switzerland | Not disclosed | Historical relationship (merged into HOCH Health Ostschweiz) | Not applicable | Dissolved (merged) | 23 April 2025 (SHAB) |
Recent structural changes
The renaming of Kantonsspital St.Gallen to HOCH Health Ostschweiz (effective 1 January 2025) and the merger absorbing the three other cantonal hospital-network institutions (SHAB, 23 April 2025) are the only material structural changes identified in official sources.
Data availability
Group-structure information for HOCH Health Ostschweiz is partial: the 2025 rename and merger are confirmed through official SHAB publications, and the real-estate subsidiary is confirmed through the official company website, but exact registration numbers for the merged predecessor institutions and the subsidiary have not been located in the sources reviewed. Country availability: Partial.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a Swiss public-law institution (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) registered in the Canton St. Gallen commercial register under UID CHE-108.906.206, operating hospitals in eastern Switzerland including Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Spital Grabs, Spital Wil and Spital Linth.
What is HOCH Health Ostschweiz's Swiss UID registration number?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is registered under Swiss UID (registration number) CHE-108.906.206, recorded in the Canton St. Gallen commercial register.
When was HOCH Health Ostschweiz incorporated?
The underlying legal entity was first entered in the commercial register on 27 December 2006, when it was registered as Kantonsspital St.Gallen following the 2006 corporatisation of St. Gallen's cantonal hospitals into independent public-law institutions. It was renamed HOCH Health Ostschweiz effective 1 January 2025.
What is the legal form of HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is entered in the Swiss commercial register under the special legal form category (Besondere Rechtsform), reflecting its status as a selbstständige öffentlich-rechtliche Anstalt, an independent public-law institution established under Canton St. Gallen hospital legislation, rather than a private company such as an AG or GmbH.
Is HOCH Health Ostschweiz a private company or a public body?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is a public body. It is wholly a creation of the Canton of St. Gallen, has no private shareholders and no share capital, and is governed by a board of directors appointed under cantonal statute rather than by shareholders.
Why does this profile show kssg.ch as the website when the company is called HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
kssg.ch is the historic website of Kantonsspital St.Gallen, the legal predecessor name and largest hospital site of the entity now named HOCH Health Ostschweiz. As of September 2026, kssg.ch automatically redirects to the current group website, h-och.ch, so the domain on file is genuinely linked to this entity rather than mismatched.
What is the relationship between HOCH Health Ostschweiz and Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG)?
Kantonsspital St. Gallen is the former legal name of the same registered entity (UID CHE-108.906.206) and remains its largest hospital site after the January 2025 rename. It continues to function as the tertiary referral, university teaching and research hospital for eastern Switzerland within HOCH Health Ostschweiz.
When did Kantonsspital St. Gallen become HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
The rename took effect on 1 January 2025 and was published in the Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce (SHAB) on 24 January 2025.
Which hospitals belong to HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz operates Kantonsspital St. Gallen (KSSG), Spital Grabs, Spital Wil and Spital Linth, together with outpatient and ambulatory centres including locations in Altstätten and Rorschach.
Did HOCH Health Ostschweiz result from a merger?
Yes. Effective 1 January 2025, and confirmed by a SHAB publication dated 23 April 2025, the renamed entity absorbed by merger three other independent public-law hospital-network institutions that had previously operated Spital Grabs, Spital Wil and Spital Linth as separate legal entities, taking over their assets and liabilities.
Who owns HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
HOCH Health Ostschweiz is owned and established by the Canton of St. Gallen. As a public-law institution it has no shares and no private shareholders or ultimate beneficial owners to disclose.
Does HOCH Health Ostschweiz have any subsidiaries?
According to its official website, HOCH Health Ostschweiz has a wholly owned (100%) subsidiary, Spitalanlagengesellschaft HOCH Health Ostschweiz, a separate public-law entity responsible for developing and managing the group's hospital real estate.
Who leads HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
The board of directors is chaired by Stefan Kuhn, and the executive management team is chaired by Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. med. Simon Wildermuth, who was confirmed in the role at the board meeting held in late May 2025.
How large is HOCH Health Ostschweiz?
As of 2024 to 2025, HOCH Health Ostschweiz employed more than 8,000 staff. For the 2025 financial year it reported consolidated revenue of approximately CHF 1.44 billion and a net profit of CHF 34.4 million, presented at a media conference on 5 March 2026.
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