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Le 5 décembre prochain, l’événement « La vie au cœur des soins palliatifs : et si on en parlait ? » réunira les partenaires principaux dans le domaine des soins palliatifs du Valais romand dans les halls d’entrée des hôpitaux de Sion et Martigny. Le Service de médecine palliative du Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand (CHVR), en collaboration avec l’association palliative-vs, La Maison Azur, les bénévoles du Groupe ACCOVIMO et La Passerelle de l’AMIE, invitent la population à cette journée d’informations et d’échanges dans…
Après un retour en Belgique entre 2000 et 2005, elle reprend le chemin de la Suisse et elle suit une formation de praticienne formatrice (PF) à l’HES-SO à Sion. En 2008, elle exerce à l’hôpital orthopédique du CHUV comme ICUS du bloc opératoire. « Et en août 2012, je suis revenue en Valais après la mise au concours du poste de responsable de formation au bloc opératoire. C’était une opportunité à saisir, notamment en vue du projet de nouveau bloc, pour une fonction qui m’intéressait. » Avec trois sites (Sion, Sierre et…
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…
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,…
Pneumology Department Upper Valais Hospital (SZO) At the Pneumology department of the Centre hospitalier du Haut-Valais on the Visp site, patients suffering from pneumological diseases benefit from a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services. Patients are offered outpatient consultation, treatment and care for lung diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, smokers' lung), bronchial asthma, interstitial lung disease (ILD) and sarcoidosis. For specific issues such…
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…
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…
Pathology / Cytology The histocytopathology department examines tissue/histological samples (biopsies, resections and surgical parts, etc.) as well as cytological samples (smears, cytopunctions, body fluids, etc.) from the hospital and outpatient sectors of the French-speaking Valais, the Upper Valais and the Riviera-Chablais region, offering a complete range of services, from outpatient or inpatient diagnosis to the examination of surgical parts. The team is made up of a dozen pathologists and several doctors in training /…
Vous désirez découvrir différentes activités et professions du domaine de la santé, de l’hôtellerie / restauration / l'intendance, du service technique et de l’informatique ? Vous vous posez des questions sur votre choix professionnel ? Nous vous offrons la possibilité d’effectuer un stage d’observation dans l’un de nos services. La durée d’un stage d’observation est de maximum 3 jours consécutifs et débute un lundi. Il est non rémunéré. Pour les soins, ne sont traitées que les demandes de stagiaires ayant 15 ans révolus au…