Haute Loire newspaper

This Wednesday, April 26 took place for the first time in Espaly Saint-Marcel a blood drive in the premises of the MJC Auguste-Dumas.

Throughout the morning, the donors followed one another to accomplish this beautiful gesture that is the donation of blood, imbued with generosity and solidarity towards the sick and the injured. These donations meet daily needs as blood supplies continue to decline.

The samples were managed by a team from the French Blood Establishment (EFS) in Saint-Etienne, made up of two doctors, four nurses, a secretary and a transport and snack manager. A total of 43 bags were collected.

This morning was organized by the CCAS of the commune in partnership with the vocational school Auguste-Aymard. Pierre Bonefoy, director, and Mrs. Concil, school nurse, accompanied their students and apprentices who had volunteered. For the vast majority, it was a first. Pupils who are still minors have already signed up for next year when they come of age.

Appointment is given for next year.

The Emile-Roux hospital center in Puy-en-Velay will have a new outpatient surgical unit. The first patients are expected for the second quarter of 2026.

A recent study indicates that life expectancy is lower in rural areas than in urban areas. This difference is explained by the difference in access to care, which is more limited in the countryside than in the cities.

Over the past ten years, attendance at the surgery department has increased by 30%. In 2022, of the 11,300 visits to surgery, 7,000 concerned outpatients. They return to the hospital in the morning, undergo surgery and return home the same evening. But today, the service is cramped and this new unit should also reduce the waiting time, considered “indecent” in some cases.

4 new operating rooms, 6 wake-up stations

This extension project and construction of a new unit will take place to the right of the entrance. It aims to create 4 operating rooms, which will bring the number of operating rooms to 11 (7 conventional rooms and 4 ambulatory rooms). Around these rooms, a post-intervention monitoring room with a capacity of 6 beds will be dedicated to the ambulatory sector.

“Patients will have a dedicated circuit and will be welcomed in an area comprising 15 individual boxes and 19 armchairs”, indicates director Jean-Marie Bolliet.

60% of business comes from surgery

“60% of the hospital’s activity is carried out by surgery”, recalls Marc Bouiller, president of the Establishment Medical Commission (CME). Dr. Marc Durand adds: “Today, we can do major outpatient surgery. It is surgery of excellence that we have in Le Puy. With outpatient surgery, surgery does not change. What changes, it is is what happens before and after the operation.”

A project of nearly 10 million euros

This new unit project amounts to 9.5 million euros. The Region will mobilize 2 million euros directly and 2 million euros via the European funds it manages. The aid granted by the Regional Health Agency, which has confirmed its support, has not yet been established. “Our goal is to have modern equipment to attract caregivers,” said Laurent Wauquiez, chairman of the supervisory board of the public ponot hospital.

Work could begin at the end of 2023 for delivery in the second quarter of 2026.

Tuesday, April 18 at the Catherine-Courbon room in Saint-Ferréol-d’Auroure, 73 donors came to the collection.

Among them, 4 new donors came for the first time to donate blood.

A warm welcome was provided by the team of volunteers.

The next collection will take place on Wednesday June 14, in Pont-Salomon from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The association of voluntary blood donors (ADSB) of Dunières is organizing its annual general meeting on Friday February 10 in the annex rooms of the town hall at 8:30 p.m.

Blood donors are invited on this occasion. “For those who have received a letter from the French Blood Establishment, it is with great pleasure that the association will give them their diploma”, specifies the ADSB office.