Neurology moves to Aubagne

A comprehensive neurology service in Aubagne

With five neurologists, Hôpital Privé La Casamance offers one of the largest ranges of neurological consultations in a private hospital. We're a team," explains Dr Guillaume Gautier, " and each of us is an expert in a particular field.
It's not unusual for several neurologists to be consulted for the same patient. Hôpital Privé La Casamance has developed outpatient hospitalisation for the treatment of abnormal movements, sleep disorders, memory problems and, above all, transient ischaemic attacks, which are warnings before a stroke.

The development of this outpatient activity has met a need. Some independent patients," explains the doctor at Hôpital Privé La Casamance, "don 't feel ill, but they still need treatment.
For them, hospitalisation can seem very long and traumatic, sometimes leading to a refusal of care.
So with this outpatient approach, while ensuring speed and quality of diagnosis and treatment, we can relieve overcrowding in conventional services ".

Last autumn, Hôpital Privé La Casamance opened a conventional neurology department to treat the most serious patients. For the most complicated cases, it works with the Marseille University Hospital Centre (CHU). My wish," confides the doctor, " is to be able to treat strokes in our region and create a neurovascular intensive care unit. Today," he continues, "the collaboration between the public and private sectors is part of a regional approach, so that all Aubagne residents can be cared for in Aubagne, but also part of an approach based on sharing activities with the Edmond-Garonne hospital centre.

Article published in l'AJJ, monthly magazine of the town of Aubagne, n°804 - March 2017arcin ".

Transient ischaemic attack

A centre for rapid treatment

The Casamance TIA (Transient Ischaemic Attack) centre has made it possible to avoid hospitalisation (for a week on average) for patients, over 60% of whom were referred by the emergency department at La Timone Hospital.

A TIA is an emergency because it can lead to a stroke, and therefore to disability. The cause must be sought quickly. One of the most common causes is atrial fibrillation, a heart rhythm disorder that produces blood clots.

A Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) is a temporary interruption of blood flow to part of the brain.

The symptoms are very varied but sudden in onset: loss or reduction of strength or control of a limb, difficulty speaking, facial paralysis. The appearance of any sign, even if it has disappeared, should prompt a call to the emergency number 15.