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Valais Hospital
Geriatrics Geriatrics is the field of medicine devoted to the needs of elderly people. It covers the clinical, preventive and social aspects of the diseases suffered by elderly people, as well as their rehabilitation. This field of medicine provides interdisciplinary services which include the investigation and general and specific assessment of the somatic, functional, psychological and environmental problems faced by the patient. Beyond this assessment, geriatric care can take the form of various treatment programmes,…
Haut-Valais Psychiatric Centre The Haut-Valais Psychiatric Centre (PZO) provides comprehensive psychiatric care for the population of Haut-Valais (around 80,000 inhabitants). This care includes the prevention, treatment and support of patients with mental health issues, across all age ranges (children, adolescents, adults, elderly people), population groups and diagnoses. The PZO manages acute mental crises, emergencies (24-hour on-call service) and the monitoring of chronic diseases. The PZO is integrated into Valais…
Grâce au financement de l’Hôpital du Valais, patients, visiteurs et collaborateurs ont pu bénéficier gratuitement de l’offre combinant stationnement au Parking du Stade (Échutes et Marèches) et trajet en bus vers et depuis l’hôpital. Le bus redeviendra payant sur ce tronçon dès le changement d’horaire CFF, le 15 décembre prochain (tarifs: billet individuel CHF 2.80 simple course / demi-tarif CHF 1.50, cartes multicourses (6 simples courses) CHF 13.40 / demi-tarif CHF 6.10, abonnement mensuels CHF 60 / demi-tarif CHF 42). La…
Gynaecology / Obstetrics Visp Gynaecology is the medico-surgical speciality devoted to the physiology of and conditions affecting the female genital system. Obstetrics is a medico-surgical speciality connected to pregnancy and labour. The main practitioners of this speciality are midwives and doctors. Bringing these two specialities together allows for holistic care to be provided to women during their lives. The Valais Hospital Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departments are located in Visp for the Haut-Valais region.…
Internal Medicine The Clinic for Internal Medicine at the SZO has around 80 beds and, with the exception of the oncological day clinic and the palliative care unit, is located almost exclusively at the Visp site. Around 3,600 inpatients and 38,000 outpatients and day-case patients are treated here every year. The focus of internal medicine is on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases of the internal organs, from gastroenterology, pneumology and neurology to oncology and rheumatology. The department forms the…
Hospital Pharmacy The main purpose of all pharmaceutical activity at the hospital is to ensure that effective, appropriate and economical medication is provided. Within Valais Hospital, the main task of the Pharmacy Department of the Central Institute of hospitals is thus to provide an appropriate assortment of medicines for hospitalised patients. The hospital pharmacists and specialists from the various medical disciplines work together to draw up a list of medicines specific to Valais Hospital. The criteria of choice for…
Occupational Medicine Occupational medicine is essentially a preventive speciality. It caters to all of the staff in Valais Hospital. The Occupational Medicine Department is located in the Central Institute of hospitals. The application of legal requirements and recommendations in terms of occupational health requires that any professional risks that are specific to a sector be identified beforehand, the aim being to ensure safety at work and to preserve the health of employees. To this end, the Occupational Health…
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…
Forensic medicine At the request of the judicial authorities, the Forensic Medicine Unit, located at the Central Institute, carries out forensic examinations to help solve criminal or civil investigations. Often associated with simple autopsies, forensic medicine is in fact the interface between medicine and justice. Examinations of corpses, expert opinions on living persons and expert opinions on files are the main activities of the department. Without forgetting the importance of relations with relatives, often the most…
Infectious Diseases All of the fields connected to infectious diseases, i.e. diseases caused by micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or yeasts, are concentrated within the Infectious Diseases Department, which is based in the Central Institute of hospitals. This department brings together different areas of activity for patients, doctors, health institutes and the state: Medical infectiology consultations are carried out by doctors who are FMH specialists in infectiology. The consultations are for outpatients…