After the deadly fire in Crans-Montana, the skin factory at the cell production centre of the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), the only one of its size in Europe, is working at full capacity to help save severe burn victims. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “There is emotion,” but “for now, we are focused on action. The priority is to help these patients as much as possible,” whether they are hospitalised in Switzerland or abroad, Laurent Carrez, technical pharmacist in charge of the centre, located in the Swiss town of Epalinges, near Lausanne, told AFP news agency. Since the tragedy in Crans-Montana, which left 40 dead and 116 injured, dozens of whom are still hospitalised, “we have been working seven days a week”, he said. This centre – the only one capable of producing so much skin tissue while complying with Swiss and European legislation, according to the CHUV – works with pieces of healthy skin taken from the severely burned victims in ...
