Set up in 2004 following the merger of 10 establishments, the Valais Hospital today asserts its presence across the canton where it is the primary employer with over 5,400 members of staff. Their dedication enabled the hospital to care for 41'700 inpatients and to handle 510'000 outpatient appointments in 2017. Annual turnover is in excess of half a billion francs. The Valais Hospital is organised into two hospital centres and a Central Institute of Hospitals (ICH): • Hospital Centre for Valais Romand (CHVR) • Hospital Centre for Haut-Valais (SZO) The CHVR includes: • The hospitals of Martigny, Sion, Sierre • Valais Centre for Pneumology in Montana • Clinics of Saint-Amé (Saint-Maurice) • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the CHVR, based at the hospital of Malévoz in Monthey The SZO includes: • The hospitals of Brigue and Viège The ICH • Provides cross-disciplinary services to all areas and sites of the Valais Hospital, notably in laboratory medicine, pharmaceutics, medical consultation, epidemiology and IT. The Valais Hospital (figures for 2017) includes: • 5,400 employees • 350 resident and head doctors in training • 800 nurses in training • 72,300 patients admissions to the emergency department • 462,400 outpatient visits • 40,700 inpatient admissions • 3,588,886 analyses carried out at the laboratories of the Central Institute of Hospitals (ICH) • 16 specialist disciplines available 24 hours a day • 708 million francs in turnover • 476 million francs in staffing costs • 50 recognitions from the Swiss Medical Association (FMH) as a postgraduate training establishment in over 50 medical disciplines