Health Services Available on Montserrat

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Health Services Availableon Montserrat
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Primary Health Care

• Working with the community towards prevention of
  disease and promotion of positive good health

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Clinic services

• Four Health Clinics staffed by nurses, offering
  the
• following by appointment on specific days-
• Hypertensive / Diabetic clinic
• Blood pressure and blood sugar screening
• Weight, height and body mass index (BMI)
• Foot inspection
• Advice and referral
• Nutrition and dietary counseling

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Child health clinic for under fives

• Weight and height
• Health review
• Nutrition / health counseling
• Immunization
• Developmental assessment

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Reproductive health

• Antenatal/Postnatal clinic
• Family planning
• Free pap smears by
• appointment
• Breast examination
• HIV counseling and
• testing

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Other clinic services

• Dressings three days per week
• Treatment of minor ailments
• District Medical Officers clinic (strictly by
  appointment)
• Eye care and other specialist Clinics
  (occasional)
• Hearing Testing

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Outreach activities

• Home visits to housebound elderly, antenatal,
  postnatal, clinic dropouts
• School Health Program
• Nursery schools and day care centre visits for
  rapid inspection

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Environmental Health

• Vector control
• Food safety and sanitation inspection
• Information and advice re environmental problems
• Dental clinic
• Free dental treatment for children, over 60s and
  other exempt groups (Montserratian)

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Health Promotion

• Information and education on healthy lifestyles
  and other health issues, including weekly radio
  programme Talking Health
• Collaboration with other sectors and the
  community in the promotion of positive good
  health
• Coordination of inter-sectoral health activities
  
• Mental Health
• Promotion of positive mental health
• Diagnosis, treatment and follow up of
• persons with mental health problems
• Outreach activities for the mentally challenged

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HIV/AIDS Coordination

• Coordination of all aspects of
• HIV/AIDS and STIs including-
• Prevention
• Voluntary counseling and testing
• Treatment and care
• Prevention of stigma and
• discrimination
• Cervical cancer prevention

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Secondary Health Care
Glendon Hospital, St Johns
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Glendon Hospital, St Johns

• General medical and surgical wards
• Obstetric (maternity) ward
• Medical and surgical outpatients clinics
• Operating theatre
• Casualty
• Nurse on 24 hour duty
• Doctor on call
• Ambulance service

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More hospital departments and services

• X-ray Department
• Laboratory
• Pharmacy (Open 9am 1pm)
• Dietary counseling by appointment
• Physiotherapy
• Visiting specialists (occasional)
• Referral to regional specialists as needed
• Emergency air ambulance service

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Care of older persons

• New Margetson Home
• Residential and nursing home care
• Forms part of hospital complex
• Golden Years Home
• Residential care for older persons
• Run by Golden Years Foundation
• Warden assisted housing, Lookout
• Residential accommodation for older persons who
  can help themselves under supervision.
• Run by Community Services Department.
• Please note These facilities have very limited
  places, and priority is given to those with
  greatest need.

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Behind the scenes

• Ministry of Health and Community Services
  provides ..
• Administrative support
• Epidemiology and health planning
• Health Development project
• A whole range of community services

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Private Sector

• Private practitioners
• Medical doctors private practices
• Private dental surgeon
• Private Pharmacy
• Massage therapists

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Non-Government, voluntary sector

• Montserrat Diabetes Association
• Monthly meetings with educational sessions
• Weekly educational radio programme,
• Keeping well with diabetes
• Montserrat Red Cross
• Provision of First Aid in emergencies and at
  public events
• First Aid classes
• HIV/AIDS Peer Educators
• Contact tracing

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Service clubsWith a health perspective

• Montserrat Rotary Club
• Montserrat Shamrock Lions Club
• Optimist Club
• Rotaract Club
• Voluntary groups assisting older persons
• Old Peoples Welfare Association (OPWA)
• Evergreen Senior Citizens Club
• St Vincent de Paul Society
• Guild St. Lukes