The recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) are applied to the letter at Cahors hospital, an example in terms of therapy through sport and adapted effort. An agreement between various players in sport and health has been signed.
The cooperation of the actors concerned with sport and health in the Lot, for the well-being of all thanks to an adapted practice of a physical activity, it is ambitious, but it bears fruit.
Illustration at Cahors hospital where doctor Yves Abittboul, pilot with great success the Exercise and Sports Medicine Unit (Maison sport santé).
The institutional, associative, medical and sports representatives of the department met on Friday at the Cahors hospital center, at the invitation of its director Pierre Nogrette and the prefect of Lot, Michel Prosic, to visit this model structure and sign an agreement. essential partnership. This is the “convention relating to the promotion of health through sport and physical activities in the Lot. “
A precise framework to promote cooperation
What is the practical use of this convention? The Prefect and his department dedicated to this issue responded: “Faced with the multitude of actors concerned and the diversity of actions, it appeared necessary, from 2016, to formalize a precise framework strengthening cooperation between these actors who work towards a common objective. : promote and develop access for all to physical activities beneficial to health. Whether as part of primary prevention or to treat patients with long-term illness. “
What are the objectives of this very broad partnership?
The fields of action of this agreement are vast and the objectives clearly defined: “The fight against dependence and loss of autonomy through physical activity in the elderly, the development of physical activity as a non-drug therapy for the elderly. people with a chronic pathology, the training of sports educators in conjunction with health professionals, the prevention of obesity and sedentary lifestyle, especially among young people, and finally access to sport for all, in particular people in precarious situations. »Sport, cooperation, action, solidarity: the keys to good health.
The signatories of the convention
Here are the partners of this cooperation: the Lot prefecture, the departmental council, the department of national education services of the Lot, the departmental Olympic committee, the regional health agency, the regional body for education and promotion of health, the CCI and the CPAM of the Lot, the hospitals of Cahors and Figeac, the Council of the order of the doctors of the Lot and the Association of the mayors and elected officials of the Lot.
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