Medical Facilities Assessment in Keningau, Sabah For X Project on 2015

Edric Sugito, Fatma Lestari

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Abstract

A hospital plays an important role in healthcare. A good hospital should be capable to operate on a daily basic activity, able to do a surgery, able to pick up and transport patient, and able to operate during a disaster or on disease outbreak. The objectives of the assessment are; to understand the common communicable diseases in Pinangah and recommend prevention measures and assess the existing medical facilities and recommend scope of utilization of medical facilities for medical and emergency management. The method used in this assessment is collect data from the hospital with interview, observation and records from hospital. Result; This hospital can Stabilize Emergency Case, capable for most of Surgical case, can treat most of medical care, can do most of laboratory check. Have a 24 hours standby ambulance, and have a helipad for pick up or transport a patient. Have an emergency team can be iniatiated when emergency or disaster occurs Headed by Hospital director. Based on the information from Pejabat Kesihatan Kawasan (PKK) Pinangah on endemic communicable diseases in Pinangah are malaria, leptospirosis, and cholera. Conclusion; This is a good hospital that can treat minor cases, almost all major cases, have a good transportation unit, and have an emergency team that can be initiated during emergency or disaster, but this hospital can’t treat a major burn cases. This hospital can build a room and team to treat major burn cases, and we need to conduct similar assessment in Indonesia for mapping all hospital ability to operate during disaster or disease outbreak.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2018
EventInternational Conference of Occupational Health and Safety (ICOHS 2017) - ID, Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 1 Jan 2018 → …

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference of Occupational Health and Safety (ICOHS 2017)
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityBali
Period1/01/18 → …

Keywords

  • Hospital, Hospital Assessment.

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