The Accident and Emergency Centre ensures that critically ill patients receive high quality care 24 hours a day. The Hospital is equipped to respond to heart problems, trauma, advanced cases of malaria and infectious diseases.
The Centre has two resuscitation bays for critically ill patients fitted with monitors, defibrillators with external pacemakers, six observation beds, procedure room for surgical emergencies and 15 examination rooms equipped with piped oxygen and vacuum suction machines. A team of trained emergency doctors and nurses staff the Centre with support from a cardiac arrest team including an intensive care doctor.Find out more...
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
The eight-bed ICU provides high quality specialised care to critically ill patients. There are six general beds with two isolation rooms. The unit is staffed by consultant cardiologists, resident doctors and nurses trained in critical care with a nurse-patient ratio of 1:1. All ICU beds are equipped with:
Electrocardiogrammes (ECG) to monitor blood pressure, pulse and heart rates;
A monitor in place of a nurse call system;
Mechanical respiratory ventilators suitable for all ages (new born to adults);
Temporary pacemaker;
Blood gases analyser;
Syringe and volumetric pumps to administer precise and exact amounts of drugs/fluids;
Defibrillator for resuscitation;
Piped oxygen.
High Dependency Unit (HDU)
The six-bed HDU is for recovering intensive care and ward patients requiring constant monitoring and observation. All beds fitted with:
Electrocardiograms (ECG) to monitor blood pressure, pulse and heart rates;
Syringe and volumetric pumps to administer precise and exact amounts of drugs/fluids;
