Foreign patients

History

Alma French Private Hospital, neer Eiffel Tower has always welcomed International Patients attracted by:

• the overall excellence of French Healthcare system
• our quality of surgeons and medecins, highly qualified and all trained in the best French medical schools. They benefit from experience the best services. In addition to their medical expertise, they control for most foreign languages
• our reactivity and short delay for care
• our competitive prices when compared to other French private Hospital and other countries

Our hospital is located in the center of Paris, near diverse cultural and touristic attractions (Eiffel Tower, Trocadéro, Branly museum, Seine river, etc…) allowing recovering patients and their family or friends to discover new horizons.

Why come to the Alma Hospital?

The approach of the Alma private hospital is to provide medical excellence and a la carte services for clients residing abroad, European and non-EEC, or expatriates living in France.
Thanks to the involvement of our physicians, staff, and more innovative technologies proposed and accepted, we continually improve the medical service rendered and the quality of care of these patients.

The Alma private hospital (www.clinique-alma.com) offers:

• the overall excellence of French Healthcare system
• our quality of surgeons and medecins, highly qualified and all trained in the best French medical schools. They benefit from experience the best services. In addition to their medical expertise, they control for most foreign languages
• our reactivity and short delay for care
• our competitive prices when compared to other French private Hospital and other countries

Our medical expertise

The Alma private Hospital is oriented towards complex medical procedures with a medical imaging center that offers the latest equipment, including allowing an accurate diagnosis, but also interventional techniques digestive disorders, vascular, and urological (our clinic is one of the first centers in France in diagnosis and therapeutic interventional biliopancreatic)
The Alma private Hospital supports the treatment of end-stage renal failure by renal replacement therapy. It calls on hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis technology.
The Alma private Hospital is proud to say that the place is a great surgical center using the gold standard techniques and state-of-the-art equipment to perform medical interventions in the safest possible environment, with:

• orthopaedic surgery (Hip and Knee prothesis, knee ligament reconstruction, shoulder, foot and spine surgery),

• urologic surgery, oncologic or not
• gynecologic surgery, with the Institut Français du Sein
• vascular surgery (treatment of arterial and venous malformations, implementation of approaches to vascular dialysis and chemotherapy)
• esthetic and reparatrice surgery
• Digestive and bariatric surgery
• ophtalmic surgery: cataract, glaucoma, corneal transplantation including
• stomatologic and Ent surgery

When medically possible we also perform outpatient / ambulatory surgeries, for instance for arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery, cataract, varicose veins removal, inguinal hernia repair, haemorrhoidectomy, gastroscopy…

Our vision

The excellence of care in France, countries classified at the highest level by the WHO (World Health Organization) and the exceptional situation of the Alma Clinic in the center of Paris, the most visited capital in the world, we have led to develop a targeted care provision on foreign patient base.

We have packaged a specific Offer on most common surgeries and medical procedures aiming at improving the quality of the information exchanged with the Patient before arrival. It includes:

• A website detailing the provision of care.
• An initial contact by email or phone (international@clinique-alma.com) to accommodate your needs and guide you if necessary.
• Formalized exchanges in English or French: This service, called Medin Alma tells you the terms of your support, on the course of your stay and organization for you and your loved ones.
• The standard course of care per intervention, guaranteeing transparency in the profile and the expertise of our surgeons.
• Elements to provide to validate the relevance of the intervention.
• Communication of detailed information on fares and on specific care pathway,
• Guidance on the housing possibilities on-site or close to the clinic (furnished apartment rentals short term)

Our approach

Our high-quality technical platform allows the practice of surgical or interventional mini invasive techniques in the hotel industry best level conditions using a comprehensive quality and risk management policy, with:

• A thorough cleaning bio-AFNOR meets European standards.
• An organization block and services with a framed care staff.
• A pre-operative preparation of patients by antiseptic based shower.
• The use of antibiotic prophylaxis that complements the risk of infection mastery measures
• The strengthening of security in the operating room by the systematic practice of « check list opératoire »
• Regular monitoring of all care procedures by a Struggle Committee against nosocomial infections (CLIN).
• performing regular audits relevant centered around care practitioners or patients.