The thermal cures of Nancy, opened mid-July, must close their doors Saturday, August 19 because of "recurring difficulties" to maintain the quality of the water, announced Friday, August 18 the operator of the site. The closure of this health space of the vast Nancy Thermal complex will take place "for an indefinite period," said the metropolis of Greater Nancy in a statement. "The current configuration of the networks makes the operator encounter recurring difficulties in maintaining the compliance of all individual spa treatment stations," the operator ValVital said in a statement.
This decision to suspend care follows a recommendation from the Regional Health Agency (ARS). ValVital specifies that it will make it possible to "carry out a global action plan" on the health care sector in order to be able to "guarantee the quality of the water" and therefore to "be able to provide all the care (...) without restricting the services prescribed by thermal doctors". Concretely, a "new operation on the networks" of water will be carried out, said to AFP Bernard Riac, CEO of Valvital.
A Grand Nancy Thermal Development Council will be held on Thursday
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Faced with the recurring difficulties encountered on the site, the metropolis of Greater Nancy has convened an extraordinary board of directors of Grand Nancy Thermal Development to be held on Thursday. Valvital will have to present its plan to remedy the "inadequacies" and "grievances identified to guarantee the long-term quality of the water," said the services of the metropolis.
The cures had opened on July 17, two months late, due to non-compliant water. Some 235 curists were able to complete a complete cure, Riac said, while 500 others saw their care interrupted. Over the next month, "just over 1,000 people" will be affected by the closure of the site.
They will be contacted individually to be offered "a postponement" or "any other solution better suited". Applications could be filed with the Social Security to change the location of therapy, three ValVital establishments in Alsace and Haute-Marne being oriented, like Nancy, on rheumatology, said Mr. Riac. The Nancy Thermal complex opened in April after four years of work and a significant investment of nearly 100 million euros.