Gers has several hospitals, old people's homes, children's
welfare establishments, reception establishments for disabled
adults and young people, functional rehabilitation centres
The whole medical profession is represented: nurses, general
practitioners who practise in a good number of cities
in Gers, relieved by specialists in different fields
Thanks to the beneficial properties of their springs,
four thermal spas also make it possible to follow adapted
treatments for various affections.
Reception
of elderly people
|
Permanent
accommodation (old people's homes)
|
|
Number
of establishments
|
24
|
|
Number
of beds
|
1737
|
|
Collective
housing
|
|
Number
of establishments
|
9
|
|
Number
of beds
|
413
|
|
Temporary
housing
|
|
Number
of beds
|
15
|
|
Home
care services
|
|
Number
of services
|
13
|
|
Capacity
|
488
|
|
Long-lasting
cares
|
|
Number of beds |
350
|
Data 1999
Reception
of disabled adults
| Category
of establishment |
|
|
Accommodation
establishments
|
|
|
Number
of establishments
|
16
|
|
Number
of beds
|
545
|
|
Protected
working establishments
|
|
|
Helping-through-working
centres
|
6
|
|
Capacity
|
334
|
|
Protected
workshop
|
1
|
Data
1999
Handicaped
chilhood and youth reception
|
Number
of establishments
for the mentally disabled
|
9
|
|
Number
of beds
|
413
|
|
Number
of establishments
for behaviour disturbances
|
4
|
|
Number
of beds
|
222
|
|
Home
care and specialized
education services (S.S.E.S.D.) (capacity)
|
112
|
Data
1999
Children's
protection
|
Children's
welfare establishments
|
4
|
Capacity |
121 |
|
Among
which, establishments
for mother-and-children reception
|
36
|
|
Among
which, welfare establishments
|
85
|
Data
1999
Medical
professions
|
General
practitioners
|
267
|
|
Specialists
|
160
|
|
Dental
surgeons
|
128
|
|
Midwives
|
23
|
|
Official
nurses
|
843
|
|
Psychiatric
nurses
|
264
|
|
Physiotherapists
|
150
|
|
Speech
therapists
|
37
|
|
Orthoptists
|
6
|
|
Pharmacists
|
171
|
|
Psychomotricians
|
29
|
|
Ergotherapists
|
11
|
|
Chiropodists
|
24
|
Data
1999