EFSTH Paediatrics Department
Welcome to the paediatric department of EFSTH, Banjul the Gambia, the department treats more than 11000 children a year and runs at 98% occupancy.
There are currently 120 beds in paediatrics
SERVICES
WARDS AND CLINICAL AREAS
| Special care unit (PSCU) 1 and 2 | Sickest patients >1 month of age
Patients are transferred from PSCU 1 to PSCU1 to PSCU2 as soon as clinically stable
ADMISSION CRITERIA: · More than 4 complete weeks of age · Oxygen dependency · Needs for frequent nursing observation
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Oxygen services available at PSCU 1 in the first 6 beds |
NEONATAL WARDS
Neonatal wards comprise of the following sections:
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU): the capacity is 23 cots and has four radiant warmers
Neonatal stable ward: the capacity is 5 cots and has 1 radiant warmer
Neonatal septic ward: the cots depends on the number of admissions currently has 3 cots
Early kangaroo care ward (eKMC): for preterm and babies of low birth weight on research for early kangaroo mother care, you can see the research section for more about eKMC
Paediatric outpatient department (POPD):
Paediatric emergency room
Opens 24 hours per day
Only emergencies and referral
NUTRITION WARD: for stable patients in the second phase of re-feeding, who have a Z- score of less than -3
PAEDIARIC PHARMACY: next door to the POPD, only open 8am-2pm Monday to Friday and carries limited range of drugs
CURRENT CLINICS
These are divided into specialities and general paediatric follow-up
MONDAY: sickle cell/ haematology and asthma clinic
TUESDAY: general paediatric, renal and endocrine clinic and nutrition clinic.
WEDNESDAY: cardiac clinic and TB clinics
THURSDAY: neurology, disability and HIV clinic
DAILY PROGRAMME FOR PAEDIATRIC DOCTORS
Normal working hours: Monday- Thursday 8am-4pm, Fridays 8am-2pm
Doctors’ on-call: 4pm- 8am
Morning handover: 8:15am at the paediatric conference room