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Neurocentre du Valais The Neurocentre du Valais is the result of collaboration and synergies between the neurology and neurosurgery departments and the neuropaediatrics and neuroradiology units of the Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand (CHVR). The CHVR has all the resources and infrastructure necessary to diagnose and treat the vast majority of diseases affecting the nervous system from birth to old age. The Neurocentre du Valais pursues a number of different goals. The first is naturally to guarantee the best possible care…
Transfusion medicine The mission of the Transfusion Medicine Department, managed in collaboration with the Red Cross Regional blood transfusion centre, is to ensure safety in the transfusion chain within the establishments of the Hôpital du Valais. It fulfils laboratory (immuno-haematology) and haemovigillance tasks, and seeks to prevent complications associated with the administration of blood products, in particular by guaranteeing their traceability and through involvement in the training of healthcare professionals in…
Hepato-Biliary Centre Based in Sion for the Valais Romand, the Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Centre is an intermediary between the hospital (CHVR), doctors providing treatment, and tertiary centres. This centre is incorporated into the General Surgery department and the Visceral Surgery unit, but is not in itself a consulting centre. Its purpose is to centralise expertise in order to provide multidisciplinary management of patients suffering from diseases of the liver, biliary tract, or pancreas. In practical terms, when a…
Ambulance Company of the Valais Hospital The Compagnie d'Ambulances de l'Hôpital du Valais provides all primary and secondary interventions in the Sierre, Martigny and Entremont regions. It currently employs over 80 staff. The company was IAS (Interassociation de Sauvetage) certified for the first time in 2017. This quality approach has enabled us to meet the IAS requirement criteria, but also to offer optimal, high-quality care that is constantly being improved. Since then, IAS certification has been renewed every 4 years.…
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care of the CHVR Purpose of the service Since 2004, the anaesthesiology service of the hospitals of Martigny, Sierre and Sion have combined to form the Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation service (‘Service d'anesthésiologie et de reanimation’, SAR) of the Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand (CHVR). Its purpose is to ensure that patients are provided with optimal care for any intervention involving anaesthesia in and outside the operating block, on all three sites. The service's level…
Cancerology/Oncology Oncology or cancerology is the medical speciality which deals with the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of patients who are affected by cancer of the organs or by a malignant blood disease. It includes medical oncology, haemato-oncology and radio-oncology. Medical oncology treats cancers of the organs (breast or lung, for example) or of the lymph nodes (lymphoma). These treatments are administered either intravenously, subcutaneously or orally, and they are often referred to using the generic term…
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…
Maternité La famille au cœur de nos soins Au sein de notre service, nous prenons en charge la santé et le bien-être de la maman, du nouveau-né, du couple et de la famille de la grossesse jusqu’à l’accouchement. En 2023, notre maternité a accueilli 1433 naissances. Dans le service de maternité, nos missions sont clairement définies: Placer au cœur de nos soins et de nos préoccupations la maman, le nouveau-né, le couple et la famille durant la période périnatale. Nous nous engageons à accompagner, à écouter et à soutenir pour…
Operating suite The hospitals of the French-speaking Valais The operating suite is the structure accommodating all the operating theatres, a recovery room, a location for equipment storage, management offices and training rooms. As a veritable hub for the day-to-day management of patients undergoing a scheduled or emergency surgical intervention, the operating suite is a location that supports a very wide range of activities. It occupies a central location in a hospital due to its continual interactions with the various…
Screening for HIV / AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections The Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals is responsible for the organisation of screening for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases for the Canton of Valais, in cooperation with the SIPE centres (Sexuality Information Prevention Education). As well as screening, this department brings together all of the fields connected to infectious diseases: medical consultations in infectiology, microbiology, the prevention and…