Docteur Maurice DONAT |
The
Arnault Tzanck Group
Dr. Donat later built the Arnault Tzanck Group at the Mougins site, in
a 10-acre (four-hectare) park where the following institutions were later
established: the Clinique Médicale Plein Ciel, Clinique Chirurgicale
l’Espérance, and Centre de Convalescence et de Soins de Suite
Saint Basile (convalescent and follow-up care center), as well as a "3S" retirement
residence, self-dialysis unit, multidisciplinary outpatient center, radiology
and breast care center, physical therapy and thalassotherapy center, cancer
center (radiotherapy and chemotherapy), and nuclear medicine center.
The social service activities of Institut Arnault Tzanck extend throughout
the Alpes-Maritimes département, with six home care services for
seniors, accommodating 490 people in 97 communes, a home care nursing service
for 30 AIDS patients to monitor and administer triple therapy, pain management,
and palliative care, a home hospitalization service for 30 patients, two
retirement homes accredited by the organization, Aide Sociale aux Personnes Âgées
(one in La Tour sur Tinée and one in Guillaumes), and one computed
tomography (CT) scanner in Grasse (within the framework of an economic
interest group involving the Centre Hospitalier de Grasse and private radiologists
of Rive Droite du Var).
Dr. Donat died in January 1985.
He left us a highly effective and unique medical and surgical establishment
and knew how to give his successors the momentum necessary to continue
his works.
 Docteur Jean-Marie
SALVADORI
Executive Director |
Born
on March 26, 1913, in Murasson (Aveyron), France,
Maurice Donat pursued his medical studies at the
Montpellier Faculty of Medicine, then, in 1942,
began his surgical practice in Nice.
Inspired by humanitarian concerns, he courageously played an active role
in the French Resistance, in which he was named the attending surgeon for
Alpes-Maritimes and the southern Maquis of Basses-Alpes (currently Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
Creation of the Centre Médico-Chirurgical
of Institut Arnault Tzanck in Saint-Laurent-du-Var
After creating the first blood donor center in the Alpes-Maritimes département,
in collaboration with the Alpes-Maritimes Volontaires du Sang, a blood
donor association, Donat, concerned about providing quality medical care
to the residents of the département, created the Centre Médico-Chirurgical
(Medical and Surgical Center), which he inaugurated in 1972 in the presence
of the prefect, R. G. Thomas. The Centre Médico-Chirurgical was
named after Arnault Tzanck in homage to his pioneering work in blood transfusion.
Subsequently, Institut Arnault Tzanck grew very quickly under the impetus
of Donat, who brought the latest innovations in medicine, as well as high
quality medical teams, to the institute.
Many other institutions and activities led by non-profit organizations
(as defined by the French legislative Act of 1901) have been realized at
Institut Arnault Tzanck, including the Hemodialysis Center, Medical and
Social Service Center, Medical Imaging Center, and Outpatient Center, among
others. |
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