Rennes University Hospital

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Centre hospitalier universitaire de Rennes
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Main building of the Hospital Pontchaillou
Rennes University Hospital
Geography
Location Rennes, Brittany, France
Coordinates 48°07′15″N1°41′47″W / 48.12083°N 1.69637°W / 48.12083; -1.69637
Organisation
Type Teaching, CHU
Services
Emergency department Yes
Links
Website www.chu-rennes.fr
Lists Hospitals in France

The Rennes University Hospital (French: Centre hospitalier universitaire de Rennes or CHU Rennes) is a university hospital in Rennes in France. It employs 7,700 people [1] and processes nearly 1,500 hospitalisations per day. It was the second largest employer in the Rennes region. [2] It is one of 42 French hospital equipped with the da Vinci Surgical System.

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In 2014, the Rennes University Hospital was ranked in the top 10 hospitals in France. [3]

Research

Research at CHU Rennes has included a study of the efficacy of nalmefene. [4] [5]

In 2016, a facility run by the private contract research organization Biotrial, running clinical trials required patients to be admitted to CHU Rennes. [6] The facility ran a phase one study into a new drug being developed by Bial that targets the human endocannabinoid system. [7] The study failed catastrophically, leaving six subjects hospitalized and one brain dead. [8] [9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Chiffres clefs 2007, www.chu-rennes.fr
  2. ↑ Le pays de Rennes, INSEE, p. 113.
  3. ↑ Le Point, magazine. "Hôpitaux - L'actualité Santé – Le Point".
  4. ↑ "Study questions drug for alcohol cravings". news.
  5. ↑ "PLOS Medicine".
  6. ↑ "Rennes. Biotrial, un acteur important des essais thérapeutiques". Ouest-France.fr.
  7. ↑ Lizzie Dearden (15 January 2016). "France clinical trial: Prosecutors investigating 'accident' as Biotrial defends drug testing safety record". The Independent.
  8. ↑ "DIRECT- Accident thérapeutique à Rennes : les patients sont de l'Ouest". Ouest-France.fr.
  9. ↑ "6 Hospitalized, One of Them Brain-Dead, After Drug Trial in France". The New York Times. 16 January 2016.
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