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Hôpital de Sierre Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand L’hôpital de Sierre dépend du Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand qui comprend également les hôpitaux de Sion et de Martigny, l'hôpital psychiatrique de Malévoz, à Monthey, la Clinique Saint-Amé à Saint-Maurice. L’hôpital de Sierre est un établissement de soins aigus qui dispose de la plupart des disciplines médicales de base et de disciplines spécialisées, notamment l’urologie, la chirurgie plastique, reconstructive, esthétique et de la main, la dermatologie, la…
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation and sports medicine (CHVR) et médecine du sport Sports medicine is aimed at sportsmen and women of all ages from adolescence onwards, whether or not they are practising an individual or team sport with a view to performance, whatever their level, but also at people wishing to maintain or start a physical activity for their health or pleasure. An important part of our work involves diagnosing and treating all the pathologies associated with exercise and sport, including traumatic injuries…
Infection Prevention and Control (Hospital Hygiene or Epidemiology) Infection prevention and control (IPC or hospital hygiene or hospital epidemiology) covers all activities aimed at combating infections that have been acquired during care (so-called nosocomial infections). These activities are integrated into the Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals, which brings together, within ICP, all the fields connected to infectious diseases: medical infectiology consultations, microbiology, travel…
Brig The date of your discharge and the treatment and/or therapy which you will have to follow subsequently will be defined together with a consultant according to the healing process. The Centre hospitalier du Haut-Valais will send your referring doctor a report about your stay in the hospital for his/her information. For practical reasons, we would be grateful if you would leave your room between 10:00 and 12:00. If you are only able to return to your home in the afternoon, you may have lunch in the Pometta restaurant.…
Rates and invoicing Before you are admitted to hospital, contact your insurance provider for information regarding the financial coverage for your stay. If your health insurance fund or your insurance company covering supplements for private services do not provide a guarantee of coverage, or if you live abroad, you will be required to provide a down payment equal to the estimate of the costs you will incur during your stay. You must in any case provide a copy of the insurance certificate from your health insurance fund or…
Visceral Surgery Vascular surgery is the medical speciality which covers interventions aimed at treating arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. Arterial segments that may be subjected to vascular surgery include the carotid arteries, the thoracic and abdominal aorta or the arteries of the upper and lower limbs. In cases of arteriosclerosis, which is a degeneration of the arterial wall due to high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes or high cholesterol levels, constrictions or obstructions of the blood vessels can be…
Dermatology Dermatology is the medical speciality which treats diseases of the skin and of skin structures, such as mucous membranes, hair and nails, both in adults and in children. In this field, Valais Hospital works in close cooperation with referring doctors, who are able to determine whether or not the patient is in need of urgent treatment in our Dermatology Unit, based in Sierre Hospital. While this is the preferred route for requesting an appointment (which will usually be given for within three to four days), you…
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,…
Angiology Vascular medicine, also known as ‘angiology’, is the medical speciality which deals with arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases affecting the human body as a whole. Angiology allows for enhanced clinical diagnosis thanks to non-invasive functional vascular explorations (without any breaking of tissue). Its aim is to confirm cases of arterial and/or venous impairment. It represents part of a diagnostic and therapeutic medical approach, and also plays a role in the preventive care and monitoring of patients who are…
La Journée nationale du 12 septembre sensibilise la population suisse à l’importance de communiquer sa décision pour le don d’organes et de la transplantation. À cette fin, l ’Hôpital du Valais accueille le « CUBE de Swisstransplant » à l’entrée de l’hôpital de Sion. Grâce à cette borne interactive, collaborateurs, patients et visiteurs qui le souhaitent peuvent s’inscrire facilement en ligne dans le registre national du don d’organes de Swisstransplant. Dans une unité de soins intensifs d’un hôpital, les familles des…