CISSS du Bas‑Saint‑Laurent is a government-run integrated health and social services provider serving around 200,000 residents across Quebec’s Bas‑Saint‑Laurent region, spanning roughly 22,000 km². With nearly 7,500 staff and 580 medical professionals, it delivers full-spectrum care—from hospital and long-term care to public health and rehabilitation—and actively engages in therapeutic clinical research, including trials in oncology, rheumatology, cardiology, nephrology, and infectious diseases.