TCS Ambulance opens new base in Bern
Following Biel, TCS Ambulance Services Mittelland is opening a second base in the canton of Bern. The subsidiary, which specializes in patient transport, was founded just over a year ago and now also operates from the city of Bern. The TCS Ambulance Group is the largest national terrestrial organization in the field of emergency rescue and patient transport and now has 23 bases in Switzerland.
In fall 2024, TCS Ambulance's first dedicated ambulance subsidiary began operations in the Biel-Seeland region. Following the successful development of its business activities and increased operational volume, the company is expanding just over a year later: from December, it will operate from an additional base in the city of Bern. «Demand in the city and agglomeration of Bern is high,» comments Philippe Klaus, CEO of TCS Ambulance. «Geographical proximity to our customers, such as hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, is very important.» The subsidiary has 20 employees. Across Switzerland, the TCS Ambulance Group employs around 400 people in seven companies.
Requirements of the canton
The separation of emergency rescue transport and simpler patient transport is a requirement in the canton of Bern. For this reason, Spitalzentrum Biel AG entered into a partnership with TCS Ambulance and founded TCS Ambulance Services Mittelland AG in 2024. Since then, the newly founded company has mainly been active in the Biel-Seeland region for secondary patient transports in categories S3 and S4. An S3 transport refers to a planned transfer of stable patients with a low risk of health deterioration; an S4 transport is categorized as the transfer of a stable patient without risk of deterioration and without medical monitoring equipment.
About TCS Ambulance
TCS Ambulance is the largest national terrestrial organization in the field of emergency rescue and patient transport. It operates in nine cantons—Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Bern, Lucerne, Zug, Zurich, Vaud, Geneva, and Fribourg—and now operates from 23 bases, carrying out around 45,000 missions per year. TCS Ambulance employs 400 people throughout Switzerland.
The TCS has also been active in the medical field for over 60 years, particularly through medical advice and repatriation in connection with the ETI insurance policy. Thanks to the support of the TCS, the University of Bern was able to establish an assistant professorship for telemedicine in 2019. The TCS operates the independent medical information website tcs-mymed.ch.
