Emile Roux Hospital Center

What Emile Roux Hospital Center does

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux (CH Le Puy-en-Velay) is a public hospital establishment (établissement public de santé) located in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France, and operating since 1896. As the principal acute-care hospital of the Haute-Loire department within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, it functions as a multi-specialty regional referral center, delivering a comprehensive care continuum that includes 24/7 emergency medicine (Urgences and SAMU 15 with SMUR mobile resuscitation units), a Level 2A maternity with neonatology, ambulatory and inpatient surgery across multiple specialties, a stroke unit (UNV) with thrombolysis capability, hemodialysis (16 stations), an oncology day hospital (20 places), and chronic and post-acute services such as the CMPR rehabilitation center (25 inpatient beds), a 45-bed EHPAD nursing home, and a 55-bed USLD long-term care unit. The hospital also provides home hospitalization (HAD43), a territorial mobile palliative care team, and a tele-expertise service for remote specialist consultation.

Its diagnostic and treatment infrastructure comprises a medical analysis laboratory operating six days a week, a full medical imaging department (radiography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, mammography, bone densitometry, orthopantomogram) and a partnership with the Centre d'Imagerie Nucléaire (CIN) for nuclear medicine. Digital patient-facing capabilities include online pre-admission (launched 2021), Doctolib-integrated appointment booking for laboratory, radiology and CeGIDD screening, TIPI online invoice payment, the RSPA mobile application (launched 2024, iOS and Android), and digital access to imaging and laboratory results. The hospital operates educational institutes — IFSI (nursing diploma), IFAS (nursing assistants), and IFA (ambulance technicians) — and a clinical research unit (DRCI).

As a French public hospital under the direction of Director General Julien Keunebroek and oversight of the ARS Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, CH Emile Roux is financed primarily through the Sécurité Sociale reimbursement framework and operates as part of the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire de la Haute-Loire for coordinated regional care. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; supplementary income sources include the Fonds de dotation Emile Roux endowment fund, optional private-fee consultations, and HAS/IFAQ quality-linked reimbursements. The facility holds HAS certification, RGPD and HDS compliance, Maternys maternity labeling, and the IHAB "Baby-Friendly Hospital" designation. Current major capex activity focuses on a new internal pharmacy (Pharmacie à Usage Interne) and an ambulatory surgery unit, alongside a scheduled June 2026 rollout of new regulation/department-management software.

Name

Emile Roux Hospital Center

Legal name

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux

Website

https://ch-lepuy.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux is a French public hospital in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, providing comprehensive acute, chronic, and post-acute care (emergency, maternity, oncology, dialysis, stroke unit, surgery, rehabilitation, geriatrics, home hospitalization) and healthcare professional training for the regional population, operated within the GHT Haute-Loire network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Home Health Care Services (62161), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA), Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) (HLAFAFAB), Private Duty 24/7 Nursing (RN/LPN) In-Home Care (HSABAHAJ), Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF)

Keywords

• Public hospital services
• Emergency medical care
• Diagnostic imaging services
• Home hospitalization
• Healthcare professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Le Puy-en-Velay

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux is a public general hospital delivering acute, chronic, and rehabilitative care across emergency medicine, surgery, maternity (Level 2A), oncology, hemodialysis, neurology/stroke, geriatrics, and home hospitalization (HAD43). The establishment also runs a medical biology laboratory, diagnostic imaging (MRI, scanner, ultrasound), and educational institutes (IFSI, IFAS, IFA) training nurses, nursing aides, and ambulance technicians. Operations are publicly funded through the French Sécurité Sociale system, with supplementary endowment funding via the Fonds de dotation Emile Roux.

Product overview

Centre Hospitalier Emile Roux is a public hospital offering comprehensive healthcare services from its main facility in Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire. The hospital operates as a multi-service medical center providing acute care (emergency, surgery, maternity), chronic disease management (oncology, dialysis), rehabilitation services (CMPR, gerontology), and home hospitalization. The facility also includes an educational institute (IFSI/IFAS/IFA) for training healthcare professionals. The hospital is part of the Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire de la Haute-Loire and offers specialized services including a Level 2A maternity, stroke unit, and palliative care team. Digital services include online appointment booking via Doctolib, online payment via TIPI, and digital pre-admission. Key facilities include a medical analysis laboratory, medical imaging department with MRI and scanner capabilities, ambulatory surgery unit, and a 100+ bed capacity across various departments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Analysis Laboratory
• Medical Imaging / Radiology
• Ambulatory Surgery Unit
• Emergency Services (Urgences)
• Maternity Services
• Home Hospitalization (HAD43)
• Oncology and Chemotherapy
• Hemodialysis
• Neurology and Stroke Unit (UNV)
• Nursing Training Institute (IFSI)
• Healthcare Aide Training (IFAS)
• Ambulance Technician Training (IFA)
• EHPAD and Long-Term Care (Gérontologie)
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (CMPR)
• Palliative Care Mobile Team
• SAMU (Emergency Medical Service)
• Tele-expertise

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GHT de la Haute-Loire (Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire de la Haute-Loire)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner
• achatpublic.com (La salle des marchés)minorOthers
• Centre d'Imagerie Nucléaire (CIN)coreTechnology or Integration

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Centre Hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse (Fleyriat): Regional public hospital in Ain with a similar service portfolio (emergency, surgery, maternity, oncology, geriatrics, rehabilitation) and comparable bed capacity, serving as a peer benchmark for mid-sized Rhône-Alpes public hospitals.
• Centre Hospitalier de Roanne: Public hospital in the Loire department offering a similar multi-specialty acute care platform with comparable rural-urban catchment dynamics — closely matches Emile Roux in scale, service mix, and French public hospital governance structure.
• Centre Hospitalier de Montélimar: French public hospital serving a similar territorial population in Drôme provençale with full multi-specialty acute care, geriatrics, and rehabilitation — comparable operating scope and catchment profile.
• Centre Hospitalier de Valence: Mid-sized French regional public hospital in Drôme providing the same comprehensive service mix (emergency, surgery, maternity, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics) — a close operational comparable in scale and service-line portfolio.
• Centre Hospitalier de Vichy: Public hospital in Allier offering comparable acute, surgical, geriatric, and rehabilitation services to a mid-sized French territorial population — directly comparable in operating model, GHT integration, and rural-catchment profile.
• Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Mont de Marsan: Mid-sized French public hospital offering comparable acute, surgical, maternity, and long-term care services to a similar rural-catchment population — provides a structural benchmark for non-CHU French public hospital operations.

Broad incumbents

• Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Clermont-Ferrand: University hospital center serving the Auvergne region; functions as the regional reference and GHT-adjacent hub for complex cases originating from Haute-Loire, directly comparable as a French public academic hospital with multi-specialty acute care, research, and training.
• Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Étienne (CHU de Saint-Étienne): University hospital in neighboring Loire department with comparable service breadth (emergency, surgery, oncology, dialysis, geriatrics, maternity) — a direct geographic and functional peer competing for patients and specialists in the broader Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

Regional players

• Vivalto Santé: Major French private hospital group operating in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region — not a direct public-hospital competitor but a relevant adjacent player for understanding the private-sector alternative to public hospital services in the same geography.

Others

• Doctolib: Not a competitor but an enabling technology platform already integrated with Emile Roux for online appointment booking across laboratory, radiology, and CeGIDD services — included as a strategic ecosystem dependency relevant to the hospital's digital channel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/centre.hospitalier.emile.roux.le.puy.en.velay
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/emile-roux-hospital-center

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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