Patients and visitors
Specialities from A to Z
Valais Hospital
Discharge The date of your discharge will be set depending on the healing process and in agreement with your hospital doctor. He/she will send a report about your stay in the hospital to your referring doctor, whom you should contact regarding the continuation of your treatment. Please inform the reception desk concerning your departure before leaving the hospital. Please select the location of your discharge on the map below for practical and detailed information regarding your discharge from hospital. Select a location…
Intermediate Care Valais Hospital has an Intermediate Care Unit at its sites in Brig, Sion and Martigny. This department 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…
Psychiatric Emergencies Emergency Number: 0800 012 210 Outpatient Services Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Skills Centre: Outpatient Psychiatric Department for Adults, Children and Elderly People. Competence centres for psychiatry and psychotherapy Sierre Sion Martigny Monthey Sierre Sion Martigny Monthey Av. du Général-Guisan 8 3960 Sierre Tel: 027 603 84 70 Rue de Lausanne 63 1950 Sion Tel: 027 603 84 40 Rue de l'Hôpital 14 1920 Martigny Tel: 027 603 63 00 Av. de France 49 1870 Monthey Tel: 027 604 73 90 Psychiatric and…
Pour marquer la venue du nouvel accélérateur linéaire TrueBeam™ 4.0, installé en janvier dernier à l’hôpital de Sion, les spécialistes du Service de radio-oncologie convient le public et les professionnel·le·s à une soirée portes ouvertes le 6 juin 2024, de 17h30 à 20h30 . Ce dispositif de radiothérapie unique en Valais complète le plateau technique moderne et varié de l’hôpital de Sion et permet à chaque patient·e atteint·e d’un cancer de notre Canton de bénéficier du meilleur traitement selon les caractéristiques de sa…
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…
Your stay All hospital staff members are bound to maintain confidentiality. You have the right to be informed about your illness and about your treatment. Please do not hesitate to request any explanations during a medical visit or to request a meeting with the doctor who is responsible for treating you. Many services (cafeteria, post, bank, newsagents, flower shop, hairdresser…) are available to you during your stay. services are available at all hospital sites of Valais Hospital. Please select the site you will be staying…
Social services The Hospital Social Service, available at both the Centre Hospitalier du Haut-Valais (SZO) and the Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand, provides free and confidential support to patients and their families. Both services focus on support during hospitalisation and social and professional reintegration, with an emphasis on autonomy, integration and material security. The two services work in a multidisciplinary way and are available to inpatients and long-term outpatients, as well as their families, for any…
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…
Memory Clinic Memory Clinic Following the appearance on the market of medicines which slow down, even if only very partially, the effects of diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, memory clinics or memory consultations have developed all over the world, including in Valais Hospital, with the aim of providing better diagnosis and more holistic care, tailored to the specific situation of the patient and of his/her next of kin. For the Valais romand region, Valais Hospital has been equipped since the end of 2011 with a…
Visiting times Visitor information General information Visitor information General information Visits are one of the pleasures of daily life in the hospital and they contribute to patients’ well-being. The visitors’ section allows patients’ friends and family, and any other visitors, to organise their visit as best as possible. In particular, it includes visiting times and access plans for the hospitals, and even ideas for gifts . Out of respect for the patients’ privacy, please leave the room when patients are receiving…