About the Hospital
SERVICES
Currently 6000 outpatients are being consulted
and treated monthly in the outpatient clinic. Nurse practitioners
help alongside doctors to screen, diagnose and treat patients. Emergency
cases are admitted day or night with a doctor on call at all times.
Normal routine cases include malaria, typhoid, intestinal parasites,
kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition), avitaminosis, respiratory infection,
thyroid, syphilis and other venereal diseases. Skin disorders and
eye infections are common with occasional cases of filariasis. Most
persons coming for medical help can be treated as outpatients with
only those requiring special attention to be hospitalized.
Special separate clinics are held for diabetic,
tuberculosis and chronic heart failure patients coming in for routine
review. More than 1,200 TB cases are treated monthly with more than
150 diabetics coming daily for monitoring and insulin shots. Small
surgery is performed in the clinic for minor fractures and cuts
resulting from accidents and fights. A separate surgery unit with
two operating rooms and 20 beds handles all the larger emergencies
year round. Surgical teams come to Limbe on a timely rotation basis
to accomplish elective surgery and any emergencies that arise while
they are there. Some 500 babies are born per year in the Maternity.
HBS has about 1000 yearly admissions to pediatrics with about half
that number in the adult wards.
LANGUAGE
French and Creole (patois) are the official languages.
Persons who speak and understand English or Spanish translators
are on staff.
STAFF
HBS has eight doctors working full time in Limbe.
Specialists include OB/GYN, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine Board
Certified. While the majority of the staff is from the Limbé area
and number some 150 Haitian employees, the administrative and
professional medical personnel consist of persons of different
areas and various nationalities including Haitian. Short and long
term volunteers
are absolutely essential to the daily operations of HBS and are
utilized where they can be most effective. These persons work
alongside regular staff and carry out necessary assignments as
required by the institution.
If you would like to volunteer, or find out more
on how to help, please visit the volunteer
information page.
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