Motivated to raise awareness of the mission of the Chamblon Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, the Établissements hospitals du Nord vaudois (eHnv) invites the population this Saturday to the hospital for a fun afternoon of visits, workshops and activities.
“People often confuse the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre with the EMS,” laments Habiba Bechnoune, deputy director of care at eHnv. To overcome this confusion and demystify the hospital environment, but above all to explain to the population the role of this hospital, the people of Nord-Vaud are invited to visit the site this Saturday afternoon.
“The very essence of the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre is the pooling of knowledge,” explains Habiba Bechnoune. “We would also like to show what we call the patient trajectory, from acute care to returning home.” Because it is a real network that is being set up. Upon admission to the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre (CTR), the patient is subject to an assessment by the various professionals. They will help them build their “project” and define their objectives, the goal always being that they can recover their potential and strength quickly. “The occupational therapists will notably assess whether the patient’s home is safe or whether, for example, wall outlets need to be installed,” describes the assistant director of care.
Get familiar with all the professions
Through workshops, it will be possible to discover the different professions and the skills of each of the services. To ensure the operation of the establishment, which can accommodate 69 beds (21 additional beds are located at the CTR d’Orbe, including 12 for acute palliative care), a good hundred employees work on the Chamblon site. Thus, doctors, physiotherapists, psychologists, dieticians and volunteers will offer workshops and demonstrations. Intensive care, the chaplaincy, the kitchen and even the technical and stewardship services will also be represented. The workshops promise to be fun, like the old age simulator, which will allow you to put yourself in the shoes of a senior for a few minutes.
The arts are on the agenda
To make the afternoon festive for all generations, the eHnv have commissioned the Yverdon-les-Bains circus school, which will give a demonstration in the castle gardens and a local make-up artist will be present. Visitors will also be able to attend an Alphorn concert and the singer from Champagne Ozé will perform.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Chamblon Hospital Open Day:
Saturday, August 31 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Route de l’Hôpital 3, 1436 Chamblon. Catering on site. Children welcome, free entry and parking.
The new hospital project is still on the table
Nothing new on the horizon for the hospitals of northern Vaud. As a reminder, as part of the “eHnv of the future” program, the Hospital Establishments of Northern Vaud aim to bring together all their services on two sites. One in Yverdon-les-Bains for acute somatic care, the other in Orbe, in particular for the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, gradually abandoning the sites of Chamblon and Saint-Loup.
But, as CEO Marc Allemann informed us at the end of May, the cost estimate turned out to be 180 million francs higher than the initial figure of 310 million, in particular for geological reasons – the Yverdon terrain is unstable – and new seismic standards. In this context, the project had to be suspended until mid-July. And for the time being, according to the eHnv, all proposals are still being studied, in particular that of bringing everything together in Orbe, but also of staying in Yverdon and keeping part of the existing installations.
In the meantime, health professionals and other hospital staff, most of whom were involved in developing the project, must deal with an uncertain future while ensuring daily service to the population.
In this still uncertain context and given the time needed to build a new hospital – the example of the Chablais intercantonal hospital in Rennaz is telling – the current acute care hospital in Yverdon should remain in service for another ten years. Suffice to say that it will be necessary to invest in its maintenance in order to ensure its viability.
