Health

 

The Béthune area benefits from vast medical equipment, connected with the regional Hospital centres and local industrial competencies.

A General Hospital Centre and Maternité Germont and Gauthier in Béthune, 1266 employees, www..ch-bethune.fr

4 private clinics in Béthune, Beuvry, Bruay-La-Buissiere, one of which is a maternity:

Clinique Anne d’Artois et Maternité in Béthune, 182 employees, www.anne-artois.fr

Clinique Mahaut de Termonde in Béthune, 14 employees

CliniqueChirurgicale Ambroise Paré in Beuvry, 124 employees

Clinique Médico-Chirurgicale de Bruay La Buissière, 106 employees

 

A Hospital Centre specialized in mental health in Saint-Venant, 1314 employees

“La Roseraie” gerontology unit clinic and care in Bruay La Buissière, 70 employees,  www.ssm-pasdecalais.fr

The Association Hospitalière Nord Artois Clinique (AHNAC, www.ahnac.com) has three clinics:

Midical Clinic in Bruay La Buissière, 60 employees

Surgical and Maternity Clinic in Auchel, 266 employees

In planning stages, the future polyclinic in Divion, will open in November 2006

 

The Béthune area benefits from the services of the EURASANTE Park (www.eurasante.com). On almost 300 acres, it is the largest university-hospital complex of Lille dedicated to Biology-Health activities. This is the foremost University Hospital campus in Europe with more than 40 research enterprises, 10 health-care establishments, 11,500 health professionals (of which 2700 are doctors) belonging to the CHRU de Lille Medical, Pharmacy-Biology and Odontology Faculties and the Oscar Lambret Centre for the fight against cancer.

Please note that several foreign companies have chosen the Eurasanté Park for the implementation sites of their subsidiaries, such as Andersen Products (United Kingdom), Van Os (Netherlands), Presthome (Belgium), Sibex (Spain), etc.

 

Le Béthunois présente de nombreuses compétences industrielles sur cette filière transversale :

Medical-surgical (orthopedics, surgical equipment, sterilization, plastic processing, precision mechanical equipment): Engineering Medical Society (EMS), Trioplast (www.trioplast.fr), Sterima-Stérilisation Malysse (www.malysse-sterima.be), Plastic Omnium (www.plasticomnium.fr), ABL Thermonor (www.ablthermonor.com), ACPM (www.groupe.hhf.com), Artois Plastiques (www.artoisplastiques.fr), PFB et MATISSART Nord (www.matissart.com) are beacon companies in plastic processing and precision mechanical equipment for the medical field.

Medication packaging: Igépharm-Chtipharm

Packaging of perfumes and cosmetics: Decade

Hospital laundry (cleaning, ironing etc.): RLD Nord (www.rld.fr),

The construction of all types of medical vehicles (ambulance, transfusion centre, etc.): Space Car (www.space-car.fr).