DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
ABOUT
US :
The medicine Department comprises of two inpatient wards (male and female)
with combined 34-bed capacity.
STAFF:
Headed
by a team of Specialist physicians and fully qualified and experienced Registered
Nurses.
SERVICES:
1. Emergency care of acute illnesses e.g. myocardial infarctions, strokes,
seizures, heart failure, hypertensive emergencies, diabetic coma, asthma etc.
2. Routine inpatient care
3. Holter monitor, ambulatory blood pressure (BP) monitoring
4. General medicine outpatient clinics (Wednesday morning and Thursday afternoons)
5. Subspecialty clinics, renal, haematology/oncology
6. Ongoing health maintenance education
VISITING
HOURS FOR INPATIENTS:
Our visiting hours are 12 pm to 1 pm and 4 pm to 6 pm daily. Outside visiting
hours permission can be sought to visit from the nursing sister in charge
of respective wards.
WARD
REVIEWS:
On Tuesday and Thursday of every week during morning hours and on appointment
basis.
PRESCRIPTION
REFILLS:
Done on any day of the week via liaison with pharmacy to ensure authenticity
of medications and to ensure patient's treatment is uninterrupted.
We look
forward to being of service to our community and visitors to our island who
are in need of medical services.
Phone (868) 639-2551 ext 117 (Male ward) and ext 144 (Female ward)
MEDICAL
WARD
MALE
Information
to be added
FEMALE
ADMISSIONS OF CLIENTS / PATIENTS
· From A & E Department
· From Medical & Surgical Outpatient Clinic
· From Private Practitioners
· Other Wards
BLOOD
INVESTIGATIONS
The following
are done for Patients/Clients with specific diagnosis.
CBC RBS BUN UREA CREATINE
SERUM ANYLASE CARDIAC ENZYMENS PT.PTT
URINALYSIS STOOL FOR ACCULT BLOOD BLOOD CULTURE
LFT,TFT LIPID PROFILES ELECTROLYTES
SERUM PROTEIN HIV/RETROVIRAL STUDIES UPON CONSENT