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Visp 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.…
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…
Urology Urology is the medico-surgical speciality devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, malformations and lesions of the organs of the urinary tract, both in women and in men. This speciality also includes treatment for disorders of the male reproductive system. Renal calculus, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and cancers of the genito-urinary system are the main conditions that are treated in the field of urology. Organisation Sierre Sion Martigny Spitalzentrum Oberwallis (Visp) Sierre…
Operating suite The hospitals of the French-speaking Valais The operating suite is the structure accommodating all the operating theatres, a recovery room, a location for equipment storage, management offices and training rooms. As a veritable hub for the day-to-day management of patients undergoing a scheduled or emergency surgical intervention, the operating suite is a location that supports a very wide range of activities. It occupies a central location in a hospital due to its continual interactions with the various…
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…
Présent depuis plusieurs années à la Fête du Livre, syndicom – syndicat des médias et de la communication, a mis en vente des livres à Saint-Pierre-de-Clages « Le bénéfice de la vente des livres que nous proposons est à chaque fois versé à une œuvre d’entraide» , rappelle Alain Carrupt, président de syndicom. « Pour marquer la cinquième année de notre présence, nous avons décidé d’utiliser le produit de la vente pour mener une opération spéciale « Boule à zéro » . Cette BD du dessinateur Serge Ernst et du scénariste Zidrou…
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…
Gastroenterology Gastroenterology is the medical speciality concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of all diseases of the digestive system, which includes not only organs such as the oesophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, the large intestine, the rectum and the anus, but also digestive glands such as the liver, the bile ducts and the pancreas. Patients suffering from digestive afflictions can be treated by Valais Hospital gastroenterologists on the Sion, Sierre and Martigny sites for the Valais romand region and…
Obstetrics and Gynaecology Sion 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 Sion for the Valais romand region and in…