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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…
« Toujours cette coûteuse idée d’un hôpital de prestige », « Tirera-t-on encore au canon à Champsec ?», « Un hôpital dans le brouillard de Champsec », « Une large partie de la population s’interroge ». Au début des années 1970, à l’évocation de la construction d’un nouvel hôpital loin du centre-ville de Sion, dans la plaine agricole de Champsec, les critiques, souvent relayées dans le « Nouvelliste et Feuille d’Avis du Valais » ne manquent pas. « Je pense que s’il avait fallu voter, ce déménagement aurait été refusé. La…
Visp Hospital Accident & Emergency Emergency medicine is the department of medicine that deals with the care and treatment of medical emergencies. In technical terms, it covers the entire rescue chain and is an interdisciplinary medical field in which all the specialized departments in hospitals are brought together. The emergency department is open 24 hours a day for mild and acute cases (children, adolescents and adults). Attendance and current situation Information Patient attendance is indicative only and may vary…
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…