Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse

About Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse

The Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse (CHB) is a Medicine-Surgery-Obstetrics facility with 842 beds and places. Located in the heart of the Ain region, the Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse benefits from a strategic location between Lyon and Geneva. It provides access to care for a population of over 300,000 inhabitants. It is the reference establishment for the Bresse-Haut-Bugey Hospital Group. It also works to strengthen the city-hospital link with a dedicated home hospitalization team. Key figures (2021): - 7 clinical, medico-technical, and support activity poles: medicine, surgery, critical and unscheduled care, mother-child, geriatrics, oncology, transversal & support - 69,207 medical unit summaries - 330,761 incoming calls to SAMU 01 - 129,757 consultations (excluding emergencies) - 2,076 deliveries - 9,649 operating room interventions - over 45,000 emergency department visits - 53 beds in SSR (Rehabilitation and Follow-up Care) - 116 beds in USLD (Long-Term Care Units) - 169 places at the Emile Pélicand EHPAD (Nursing Home) - 1,934 professionals - 529 patients cared for in home hospitalization (HAD) A joint management with 5 other departmental establishments: - Centre Hospitalier Public d'Hauteville - Centre Hospitalier de Pont-de-Vaux - EHPAD de Montrevel-en-Bresse - EHPAD de Cerdon - EHPAD de Coligny Significant rehabilitation work is underway to offer better quality care and reception for patients in the health basin, as well as a pleasant and attractive working environment for our professionals. Furthermore, the CHB is committed to diversifying the practice of paramedical professionals and developing new advanced skills (advanced practices and delegated competencies). The CHB hosts 3 training institutes (Nursing, Nursing Assistant, and Midwifery) and has an Emergency Care Training Center (CESU).