The intermunicipal territorial community presided over by Frédéric R has been involved in the healthcare sector since 2017; certainly with national dimensions for a sector identified as “medical desertification”, but here in Adour-Madiran, there are concrete actions and achievements.
Political will and a strategy of facilitators and mentors from the Adour-Madiran community of municipalities, CCAM, are being implemented in three specific sites, Maubourguet, Rabastens, and Vic, to expand healthcare services. Specifically in Vic, at the site of the multiprofessional health center, there is a presentation of the ongoing construction project between Place Verdun and Rue Fauré, involving the extension of the existing building with new services and restoration of heritage buildings to accommodate new medical offices.
A team of elected officials led by President R, including Robert Maisonneuve, Vice President in charge of Territorial Development delegation, Roland Dubertrand, Vice President in charge of roads, buildings, and technical services, Éric Duffréchou and Michel Ménoni, respectively in charge of the sub-delegation of roads and technical services, and sub-delegation of community buildings, along with Florent Lassalle, director of technical services, and Jérôme Ganiot, deputy director, in charge of territorial development missions, have reviewed the project and provided an update on the construction progress. The architectural design has been entrusted to the GP Architects firm, with the construction costs totaling 1,350,000 euros.
For the extension, it is important to mention the framework of the public-private partnership with the radiology firm supported by the creation of a SAS Imaging Adour entity that brings together the Vic hospital and the CCAM community; additionally, there is a focus on seeking accreditation as a local hospital for the local hospital facility.
The first phase of this extension involves a 150-square-meter radiology service area financed by radiologists for equipment and by CCAM for infrastructure; the space is divided into a scanner room, an MRI room with a technical area, changing rooms, an examination room, adapted sanitary facilities, a control and interpretation room shared by both devices. This part, nearing completion, will see the MRI service start in August of this year, and the scanner service in September.
Elected officials act as facilitators and mentors (through investments, subsidies, partnerships, etc.), while healthcare professionals participate in a territorial dynamic, providing concrete responses to the challenges of medical desertification and ensuring the attractiveness of the local population for new residents.
