The Departmental Council of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, represented by its president Jean-Jacques Lasserre and its two councilors from Canton Oloron 2, Clément Servat and Laure Laborde, organized, this Tuesday, December 3 at the municipal hall of Bidos, an important meeting with the mayors of the municipalities concerned by the future creation of a health and social inclusion center in Haut-Béarn. “The structure should see the light of day at the end of 2026,” announced Clément Servat. It will take up residence at the Trams block, avenue Charles-et-Henri-Moureu.
This health building, of around 850 m², should accommodate two general practitioner blocks of six practices, two specialist practices and a practice of three ophthalmologists. The health home will be able to accommodate 21 health professionals and 37 staff in total, according to the Department's services. “The project is estimated at 4 million euros,” recalled Clément Servat, with nearly 2 million euros in subsidies expected.
At the initiative of this center, some 80 health professionals from the region united around the Association of health centers of Piedmont Oloronais (AMSPO). This Tuesday, ahead of the meeting with the mayors, three representatives of the AMSPO medical professions sounded the alarm. “We no longer have a choice, this type of structure is a necessity for the region,” assures Thomas Terce, osteopath. The president of the association and general practitioner Frédéric Urlacher recalls that “today, 12% of the population of Piedmont does not have a treating doctor due to lack of staff, this represents some 4,000 people”.
A non-medical senior residence
A worrying assessment that cardiologist Mario Abinader weighs against the solutions already proposed through the medical federation that constitutes the association: “We already have doctors united and invested in care, but also in prevention through numerous workshops . Today, all we are missing is the tool that will allow us to attract new practitioners to the region. » A confidence in the attractiveness of health homes common to all the actors present who note that such a system has already proven itself in Bedous, Lasseube and even Arudy.
To this first project carried out by the Department has been added that of the creation of a non-medical senior residence. This should take place near the health center, covering approximately 1,200 m², and will offer 27 housing units such as T1 bis, T2 and T3. “For us, it is a solution that we wish to provide to poor housing among the elderly in order to break the isolation,” indicates Laure Laborde. A building also estimated at around 3.9 million euros and for which nearly 650,000 euros in subsidies are expected.
Departmental elected officials announced that the sales agreement would be signed next week for the acquisition of the land in the first quarter of 2025. The work will be launched in the last quarter of 2025 with completion scheduled for the end of 2026.
