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Fertility Clinic The Valais Hospital Fertility Clinic is based in Sion, and offers comprehensive treatment for couples who are encountering difficulties in their attempts to have a child. Patients are sent to the clinic by their referring doctor, and can attend consultation five days a week. Treatment and follow-up care are provided throughout the week, including at the weekend, depending on the patient’s needs. There are many different possible causes of infertility: ovulation disorders, chronic or acute infections,…
Forensic medicine At the request of the judicial authorities, the Forensic Medicine Unit, located at the Central Institute, carries out forensic examinations to help solve criminal or civil investigations. Often associated with simple autopsies, forensic medicine is in fact the interface between medicine and justice. Examinations of corpses, expert opinions on living persons and expert opinions on files are the main activities of the department. Without forgetting the importance of relations with relatives, often the most…
Infectious Diseases All of the fields connected to infectious diseases, i.e. diseases caused by micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or yeasts, are concentrated within the Infectious Diseases Department, which is based in the Central Institute of hospitals. This department brings together different areas of activity for patients, doctors, health institutes and the state: Medical infectiology consultations are carried out by doctors who are FMH specialists in infectiology. The consultations are for outpatients…
« Un jour, mon premier chef est rentré des États-Unis où il avait vu une installation automatisée pour les échantillons », se souvient Marie-France Rudaz, technicienne-cheffe en analyses biomédicales à l'Institut Central. « Il nous parlait d'un petit train qui amenait les échantillons d'un appareil d’analyse à un autre. Cela nous avait bien fait sourire… » Aujourd'hui, la réalité a rattrapé la fiction et l'Institut Central dispose d'un tel automate depuis l'automne 2010. « Lorsque j'ai commencé, en 1988, nous manipulions de…
Nuclear Medicine Nuclear medicine involves carrying out examinations and providing diagnostic and therapeutic surveys of the functional parts of the human body such as the organs or vessels using radioactive tracers. This medical speciality is distinct from other imaging techniques in that the images obtained are physiological (showing the way a system is working) rather than anatomical. Currently, this department works together with numerous other fields such as oncology, neurology, cardiology, nephrology, pneumology,…
Penitentiary Medicine The Penitentiary Medicine Department provides outpatient treatment, prevention and liaison services and hospital-type treatment if the clinical situation requires it (hunger strike, treatment prescribed, suicide risk). It draws on medical, psychiatric and nursing resources which are equivalent to those provided to the rest of the population. It consists of intermediate care, provided daily to adult and under-age prisoners in the Canton of Valais. This includes admission, medico-nursing follow-ups,…
Hospital Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Department Sion Otolaryngology, commonly known as ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat), is the medico-surgical speciality which treats diseases of the nose, of the throat and of the ears, as well as cancers of the head and neck. It thus treats paediatric to geriatric patients suffering from functional, infectious and cancerous diseases. Rhinology deals with the treatment (either medical or surgical) of conditions affecting the nasal cavities and paranasal sinuses. In surgical terms, this mainly…
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…
Our Treatments Conformational radiotherapy Intensity modulation radiotherapy Respiratory gating High dose rate brachytherapy Stereotactic radiosurgery Sion Centre Hospitalier du Valais Romand Sion Av. Grand-Champsec 80, 1951 Sion +41(0)27 603 45 17 chvr.radiooncologie@hopitalvs.ch Doctor Kaouthar Khanfir Head Doctor of Service +41276034517 Contact See profile Valentin Roessli MRT Head of Unit +41276034300 See profile Frédéric Lamballe TRM head of department +41276034517 See profile Doctor Valéry Olivier Zilio Head of Medical…
Intensive Care Medicine Valais Hospital has two intensive care units, one at the Sion site and the other at the Visp site. Each one is equipped according to the location as well as in respect of medical and surgical treatment. In cases of severe failure of vital organs such as the brain, the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, the intestine or the liver, patients are cared for in the intensive care department of Valais Hospital. There is a particularly high quota of highly specialised medical and nursing staff here, and the…