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The Back Centre The Back Centre at Valais Hospital Most people are affected by back pain at various points in their lives. Luckily, this pain is often harmless, and disappears following a short period of rest, or thanks to exercise and following a few simple rules about posture and behaviour. If the pain does not disappear, the team from the Orthopaedics Clinic and the expanded team from the Back Pain Centre are here to help you with a range of tried and tested treatments. The basis of any therapy is to establish as precise…
Microbiology Microbiology brings together the various laboratory activities which enable the diagnosis of infectious diseases by using sampling techniques to identify the micro-organisms responsible or the antibodies they have stimulated and by determining their characteristics, in particular the sensitivity of the bacteria to antibiotics. These activities are integrated into the Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals which, in addition to microbiology, brings together all of the fields…
Sion Your stay All hospital staff members are bound to maintain confidentiality. Our healthcare staff will do everything in their power to provide you with quality care. Please do not hesitate to contact the attendant nurse on your ward for any information. If you wish to move around within the hospital, please inform the healthcare staff about where you are going so that you can be reached (medical visit, tests). Your child’s stay Visits to the paediatric unit are free and parents who wish to do so can stay, as far as is…
Accident & Emergency The emergency services of the Valais Hospital welcome, by definition, all patients who come to their door, their only common point being that they do not have an appointment. Doctors and nurses have specific training in the field of emergencies and are responsible for the reception, assessment, diagnosis, immediate care and referral of patients. Sion and Visp The emergency rooms of the Valais Hospital in Sion and Visp are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Martigny The Emergency Department is open…
Sion You admission If you need any information before you are admitted, please call the patient flow management unit on +41 (0)27 603 44 48. Please call this number if you would also like to request a private, semi-private or single room. Time and place of arrival Please go to hospital admissions at the time that you were given by your GP or by the hospital. If you are required to fast for your tests or treatment , please do not eat, drink or smoke during the 6 hours prior to your arrival. If you are being admitted on an…
Screening for HIV / AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections The Infectious Diseases Department of the Central Institute of hospitals is responsible for the organisation of screening for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases for the Canton of Valais, in cooperation with the SIPE centres (Sexuality Information Prevention Education). As well as screening, this department brings together all of the fields connected to infectious diseases: medical consultations in infectiology, microbiology, the prevention and…
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…
Sierre your stay All hospital staff members are bound to maintain confidentiality. Our healthcare staff will do everything in their power to provide you with quality care. Please do not hesitate to contact the attendant nurse on your ward for any information. If you wish to move around within the hospital, please inform the healthcare staff about where you are going so that you can be reached (medical visit, tests). Information concerning your stay Room Multimedia Services Cafeteria – Meals Spiritual life Room Multimedia…
Cardiac Surgery The cardiac surgery department of Valais Hospital is based in Sion. It provides state-of-the-art treatment in the field of adult cardiac and vascular surgery, and in particular uses the most recent minimally invasive surgery techniques (which allow for incisions measuring just a few centimetres, unlike traditional techniques requiring longer incisions). The field of adult cardiac surgery includes the following treatments in particular: Aorto-coronary bypass, including beating heart surgery, without using a…
Adult day clinic A warm welcome to the website for the adult day clinic at the Oberwallis Centre for Psychiatry in Brig, Switzerland. We are delighted that you are interested in what we have to offer here at our adult day clinic in the heart of Brig. We have made every effort to give you as comprehensive a picture as possible of the therapy we offer. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to give us a call or write to us. The adult day clinic is part of the Oberwallis centre for psychiatry (Psychiatriezentrum…