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Hospital centre Oberwallis (SZO) The Oberwallis Hospital Centre (SZO) with its two hospitals in Brig and Visp counts approximately per year: 12'700 inpatients 125'300 outpatient consultations 94'900 Days of stay 1'200 Employees 174 million turnover 379 Hospital beds 97 Internal Medicine 57 Geriatrics / Rehabilitation 104 Surgery / Orthopaedics 29 Woman & Child 10 Anaesthesia / Intensive 63 Psychiatry 19 Emergency Medical Offer / Our Clinics a Anesthesia and Critical Care Clinic e Emergency Medicine Clinic g Geriatrics /…
Expertise psychiatrique Le Service d’Expertise Psychiatrique a pour mission d’assister la justice en lui fournissant des rapports d’expertise spécialisés lorsqu’elle doit prendre des décisions concernant une personne dont on peut raisonnablement penser qu’elle présente un trouble psychique. Il s’agit concrètement de mener sur la base d’un mandat, d’un dossier et d’un questionnaire une investigation psychiatrique approfondie de manière à répondre à des questions spécifiques de la justice pénale ou civile. Le Service…
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…
Hôpital de Sion Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand L’hôpital de Sion dépend du Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand qui comprend également les hôpitaux de Sierre et de Martigny, l'hôpital psychiatrique de Malévoz, à Monthey, la Clinique Saint-Amé. L’hôpital de Sion est un établissement de soins aigus qui dispose de toutes les disciplines médicales de base et de disciplines spécialisées, notamment cardiologie invasive, chirurgie cardiaque, neurochirurgie, néonatologie, radio-oncologie. Hôpital central de la planification…
Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy aims to help people of any age who are temporarily or permanently limited in terms of their living and work skills by a somatic or mental disability, to recover the greatest possible autonomy in their personal, social and professional lives. This therapy takes into account day-to-day movements and activities with the aim of developing facilitation strategies tailored to each individual’s resources. Its personal and social aspects, and the therapist’s listening skills are very…
Breast Clinic Sion Based in Sion for the Valais romand region, the Breast Clinic at Valais Hospital provides rapid and comprehensive care for any conditions affecting this organ. It works in close collaboration with the Breast Cancer Screening Centre and brings together all the specialities which are relevant to this field, such as oncology (cancerology), radiology, pathology, nuclear medicine, plastic surgery and psychiatry. Patients are cared for by a doctor and by specialist healthcare staff, in accordance with the…
Brig hospital Since 1908 Brig's hospital history dates back to the foundation of the Antonius Hospital in the 14th century. The monumental construction of the Simplon tunnel marked the beginning of a new era for the Brig region in terms of transport and economy. The rapid growth of the population, the numerous accidents during the construction of the tunnel, a violent typhus epidemic, the arrival of smallpox and the sudden onset of other diseases prompted the construction of a new, larger hospital in Brig. The planning of…
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…
En tant qu’aptitude relationnelle des soignants, l’hypnose s’intègre à tout le champ de la médecine clinique dans laquelle s’établit une relation soignant-soigné. Dans toutes les spécialités cliniques (y c. médecine somatique, psychiatrie, psychothérapie, urgences, soins aigus ou de longue durée, procédures d’investigation ou de soins invasives et douleurs infligées), l’hypnose permet aux soignants d’accompagner les patients qui peinent à faire face à ce qu’ils éprouvent par l’expérience de la maladie, de ses symptômes, des…
Clinical chemistry Clinical chemistry is the discipline of laboratory medicine which consists of measuring the concentration of numerous molecules of interest in blood and the various biological fluids produced by the body. Based at the Central Institute, the clinical chemistry and toxicology service of Valais Hospital aims to help doctors confirm a diagnosis for the patient, compile a prognosis of the disease and its development and verify the efficiency of treatments. The analytical measures used make it possible to detect…