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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.…
Rehabilitation Rehabilitation involves restoring the patient to a good physical condition, as well as enabling him/her to recover his/her capacity to be independent. Rehabilitation medicine involves the medico-social, medico-surgical, psychosomatic and pedagogical fields, allowing the patient to recover function as close as possible to his/her original state preceding an accident, major surgery, a disability, a handicap or a chronic disease. Rehabilitation starts as soon as any lesions appear, and only ends once the patient…
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,…
Internal Medicine Internal medicine treats patients suffering from medical afflictions which require extensive investigations and medical diagnosis. This speciality can be seen as being at the cross-over point between several other specialities and covers a wide range of afflictions; it is practised throughout the various sites of Valais Hospital. In 2011, the Internal Medicine Departments of Valais Hospital (Cantons of Valais romand and of Haut-Valais) registered just over 100,000 days of hospitalisation. The average length…
Current situation of the Valais Hospital Hospital activity Informations Les taux d'affluence sont donnés à titre indicatif, mais peuvent varier de la réalité. La prise en charge des patients se fait en fonction de la gravité de leur état, sans tenir compte de leur ordre d'arrivée aux urgences. Fréquentation Normale Moyenne Elevée Fermé EchoSOS - the emergency app Current occupancy rate at the emergency unit (Sion - Martigny) EchoSOS partner hospitals inform users in the emergency app and on site about the current occupancy…
Baby drop-off box You may anonymously leave your baby in Sion's baby drop-off box so that he or she will be found and taken into our care. Please be aware that the baby drop-off box is neutral in terms of politics, ideology and religion. Once the baby has been placed inside and the window has been closed, you will be unable to open it again. An alarm will sound within 5 minutes and the staff of the paediatric departmentwill be notified of the baby's presence. When they arrive at the baby drop-off box, the paediatric staff…
La poésie peut parfois aider à surmonter la douleur. C’est pourquoi, l’Hôpital du Valais renouvelle avec joie, comme chaque année, son partenariat avec « Poésie à l’hôpital » et l’association Cellules poétiques. Ainsi, pendant quinze jours, du 14 au 28 mars, les 800 patient·e·s des sites romands de l’Hôpital du Valais recevront des poèmes directement dans leur chambre, lors des prises de commandes des repas de midi. Le Printemps de la poésie est une manifestation culturelle ayant pour vocation de célébrer la poésie sous…
FMH Training in Valais Hospital Discover our FMH recognition and postgraduate trainings COVID-19 tests Online appointment Welcome to the Valais Hospital! Medical specialities Your search Location Central Institute Malévoz (Monthey) Martigny Saint-Amé Sierre Sion Spitalzentrum Oberwallis (SZO) Search Access The Back Centre Microbiology Screening for HIV/AIDS Sion Surgery clinic Patients Your admission Your stay Our specialised consultations Visitors Visiting times Access and car parking General Information Professional…
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…