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Toxicology The aim of toxicology is to detect those substances which, at specific dosages, can be toxic for the body. “The dose creates the venom,” as Paracelsus was already putting it in the 15th century. Any substance is thus potentially toxic, and human beings are confronted every day with a large number of substances which can be harmful to them. Medical toxicology differs from forensic toxicology (from the Latin, forum, the place where justice was served in Ancient Rome) in that the respective analysis is requested by…
Intermediate Care The Intermediate Care Unit of Spitalzentrum Obwerwallis is adapted to the local, medical and operational possibilities, requirements and features of the site. Intermediate Care acts as a link between a normal hospital department and intensive care. Patients are treated in Intermediate Care where there is a threat to the vital organs such as the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, intestine or liver or after undergoing a major surgical procedure. Patients requiring intensive monitoring are also treated here. The…
Central Sterilisation The Central Sterilization arose from the political will of the canton of Valais and of the canton of Vaud to make sure of service offers answering the highest standards in these domain ( technical and normative requirements). It became a reality by the signature of an agreement of collaboration in 2013 between the Hospital of Valais and the Riviera-Chablais hospital as well as of its opening on July 3rd, 2017 to Martigny. The Riviera-Chablais hospital participated in the elaboration and in the financing…
Sleep medicine Sleep Clinic We spend roughly 30% of our lives sleeping. Sleep medicine can be beneficial when sleep is disturbed or when it doesn’t properly fulfil its role of giving us rest. Excessive fatigue, insomnia, constantly waking up at night, sleep apnoea, snoring, abnormal behaviour at night, jet lag and restless limb syndrome are some of the many conditions we deal with every day. The Sleep Clinic is certified by the Swiss Society of Sleep Research, Sleep Medicine and Chronobiology. The clinic is part of the…
Chronic Wounds Valais Hospital provides referring doctors and independent carers with specialist consultations to help with caring for wounds that are healing slowly or with difficulty. These chronic wounds include those caused by a surgical operation, ulcers of venous or mixed origin, arteriovenous wounds, sloughs and diabetic feet. Doctors and nurses specialised in the various fields of plastic surgery, vascular surgery, orthopaedics, angiology and wound treatment provide advice, recommendations, suggestions and, if…
Physiotherapy Physiotherapy is a specialist practice aimed at combating pain and promoting movement and mobility. The procedures offered by physiotherapists allow us to treat and/or correct the loss or degradation of functions and mobility (disease, accident and/or poor posture) in an opportune and targeted manner. These professionals address their patients’ complaints in the most straightforward way, and identify and clarify the contextual factors related to them. They offer each patient a tailor-made solution.…
Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine Tropical medicine and travel medicine aim to prevent and treat diseases connected to travelling, in particular infectious diseases. This activity is integrated into the Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals. As well as dealing with travel medicine, this department brings together all of the fields connected to infectious diseases: medical consultations in infectiology, microbiology, the prevention and control of infection (or hospital hygiene or hospital…
Speech Therapy Speech Therapy is the speciality which treats conditions affecting swallowing, speech, the voice, language and communication, whatever they are caused by, in children, adults, and elderly people. At Valais Hospital, speech therapists provide services and cooperate with numerous departments (ENT and cervico-facial surgery, neurology, neurosurgery, palliative care, acute and intensive care, geriatrics, medicine, pneumology, cardiac surgery). Establishing a preliminary assessment allows staff to evaluate the…
Infection Prevention and Control (Hospital Hygiene or Epidemiology) Infection prevention and control (IPC or hospital hygiene or hospital epidemiology) covers all activities aimed at combating infections that have been acquired during care (so-called nosocomial infections). These activities are integrated into the Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals, which brings together, within ICP, all the fields connected to infectious diseases: medical infectiology consultations, microbiology, travel…
Hepatology Hepatology is one of the specialist fields of gastroenterology and focuses on the medical treatment of diseases of the liver and biliary tracts . Liver diseases can have a number of causes: medication, alcohol, drugs, numerous viruses, genetic anomalies, diabetes, malignant and/or benign tumours etc. Following an initial diagnosis by the physician in charge, the patient will be given an outpatient consultation appointment with a liver specialist at the Sion site. Depending on the nature of the pathology in…