Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (, ''UVSQ'') is a French public university created in 1991, located in the department of Yvelines and, since 2002, in Hauts-de-Seine. It is a constituent university of the federal Paris-Saclay Un ...
Seine-et-Oise
Seine-et-Oise () was the former department of France encompassing the western, northern and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris.Raymond Poincaré, French president from 1913 to 1920.
In the 1950s the hospital specialised in the rehabilitation of
polio
Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 70% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe s ...
patients (the disease was then widespread, including in France) and in its professor André Grossiord and the orthopedic doctor Olivier Troisier set up the ''Centre national de traitement des séquelles de la polio''. This includes a service dedicated to children, along with 44 beds for adults (22 for each sex) in the pavillon Widal with specialist personnel in massage, hydrotherapy and teaching patients how to walk again.Hôpital Raymond-Poincaré /ref>
Notable people associated with the Hospital
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David Azéma
David Azéma (born 22 November 1960) is a French businessman, and a former chairman and chief executive of Eurostar from 1999 to 2002; he worked with the French government's Agence des participations de l'État, and is chairman of Global Infras ...
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Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Jean Maxime Antoine Depardieu (7 April 1971 – 13 October 2008) was a French actor, winner of a César Award, and the oldest child of Gérard Depardieu.
Early life
Depardieu was the son of actor Gérard Depardieu and his first wife, a ...