ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY

Accident & Emergency Department at HGH cares for all types of trauma but also treats all types of medical emergencies. Patients brought to A/E are usually:

Road traffic accident victims, Those injured at home (wounds, burns, falls, etc.), Those injured at work, Those who have unusual chest pain and other medical emergencies

Children with medical problems should be brought to the Pediatric Emergency Center at Al Sadd, while pregnant women should be brought to the Emergency Room at Women's Hospital.

Only patients with wounds, broken bones and other serious injuries should be brought to the A/E.

There is no fee for emergency services but A/E patients who do not require urgent care will be charged a fee of QR 100 and cost of medications, which will be Qr.20 for each item of drugs prescribed.

The Department utilizes a triage system under an experienced specialist to identify those who need emergency medicine and those who could be treated in other health care facilities. The Department thus refers patients to other health facilities appropriate for their condition.

The Department directly admits patients to hospital after triage and stabilization and coordinates with key hospital sections like SICU, MICU and main Operating Theater. Most patients are discharged home after emergency treatment.

Treatment Facilities:

Trauma Room (7 beds)  Cardiac Room (5 beds) Medical Resuscitation Room (6 beds)

A/E has its own Pharmacy and a section for receiving samples for laboratory tests. Radiology imaging services are available and more sophisticated diagnostic services are available close by.

Women emergency patients have been increasing since 1983, requiring the expansion of the triage area and separate triage rooms for male and female patients.

The treatment areas were subdivided into urgent and non-urgent sections. The number of examination beds in the urgent treatment section was increased from 7 to 12.

The A/E has a separate female treatment area with a 15-bed capacity including observation rooms in the non-urgent treatment section. The male non-urgent section has 18 examination beds and additional space for the observation of head injury cases.

Separate sections for male and female patients are also available in the Reception and Registration areas. The A&E X-ray room has been divided into two, allowing for more patients to be processed in a shorter period, thereby reducing the waiting time.

The A&E Pharmacy opened in August 1996 to boost patient service. A larger room for Emergency Surgery is being provided to take care of an increase in surgical operations. The Day Care Surgery facility is being transferred to Rumailah Hospital to free space for expanded A&E services.

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