David Trouchaud will arrive in the Landes next June. Photo credit: David Trouchaud
Currently director of hospitals in Vire and Flers in Orne, David Trouchaud has been officially appointed to take over the management of the Dax Hospital Center – Côte d’Argent. He will take office in June 2025.
It is a sick hospital joined by the fifties from Normandy. With a record deficit of 23 million euros and repeated crises, the exit of the previous director had left the ship without captain. Indeed, since the departure of Stéphane Jacob last February, the Center hospitalier du Sud des Landes has no more full -time direction. Admittedly, Frédéric Espenel was appointed acting director but he already has a lot to do with the Center hospitalier de la Côte Basque which he directs. So it became urgent that someone regains the bar in Dax.
Originally from Melun (Seine-et-Marne) and a graduate in political science in Aix-en-Provence, David Trouchaud has an atypical journey, long far from hospital function. Passed by the Ministry of the Interior and then that of transport, the senior official notably worked in the prefecture in Strasbourg or even in Guadeloupe.
Put the hospital back on good rails
Since his reorientation in the hospital environment, he has proven himself at Ambroise Paré (Boulogne-Billancourt) then taking the head of the GHT (Groupement Hospitalier de Territoire) the hills of Normandy.
The main challenge of the future Landais lies in the absorption of the financial deficit while maintaining the attractiveness of the Dax hospital center. In the matter, the nominated reputation precedes it. Under his direction, Norman establishments saw their financial deficit go from 12 % in 2018 to only 2 % in 2024, thanks to rigorous management and structural reforms. Its method based on the pooling of resources, the rationalization of expenditure and the modernization of processes has proven its effectiveness in the Orne.
With this appointment, a new phase opens for the Dax hospital center, with his rudder, a captain who has proven himself under other heavens. It remains to be seen if the Trouchaud method will adapt on the Dacquois mined field.
