MABEL AGBLO

Tema Polyclinic is located in Tema West Municipal. Services offered includes; Postnatal service, psychiatric unit, herbal medicine services, Antenatal unit, child welfare clinic, recovery and emergency wards, Out-patient, dental unit, x-ray, medicare, eyecare service, ultrasound scan, theatre service, chest clinic, Family planning service, Adolescent health, maternity, pharmacy etc.

Theater Recovery Room. March 2024 present.

• Monitoring post-operative patients' levels of consciousness during recovery from anesthesia.
• Measuring and recording patients' vital signs.
• Closely observing patients for signs of side effects of anesthesia medication and post surgery complications.
• Managing pain, nausea, and other post-operative symptoms of anesthesia.
• Assessing patient's fluid status, monitoring their urine output and administering fluids to maintain proper hydration.
• Administer prescribed post op medications.
• Assessing the surgical site, changing dressings and monitoring for any signs of infection such as redness, swelling or drainage.
• Updating charts, patient files, and medical records.
• Collaborating with the medical team on post-operative patient care and facilitating timely specialized interventions.
• Providing comfort and reassurance to distressed post-operative patients and concerned family members.
• Educating patients and their families on post-surgery care, as well as answering questions

Maternity Theater Unit. February 2022-March 2024

• Assess patients prior to surgery and alleviate their concerns
• Work as operating room nurse, (circulating and scrub)
• Prepare operating room with surgical equipment, sterile linens and supplies needed during surgery
• Position and prepare patient on the operating table
• Pass surgical instrument to surgeons during operation
• Maintain order and cleanliness in the operating room
• Decontaminating and washing of surgical instrument after surgery
• Folding and wrapping instruments, linens, and gowns for sterilization
• Monitor patient's vital signs
• Keep the operating room sterilized
• Communicate with patients, teammates, and physicians to ensure continuity of care
• Adhere to all relevant health and safety standards
• Tema Polyclinic is located in Tema West Municipal
• Services offered includes; Postnatal service, psychiatric unit, herbal medicine services, Antenatal unit, child welfare clinic, recovery and emergency wards, Out-patient, dental unit, x-ray, medicare, eyecare service, ultrasound scan, theatre service, chest clinic, Family planning service, Adolescent health, maternity, pharmacy etc

Tema Polyclinic is located in Tema West Municipal. Services offered include postnatal service, psychiatric unit, herbal medicine services, Antenatal unit, child welfare clinic, recovery and emergency wards, Outpatient, dental unit, X-ray, Medicare, eyecare service, ultrasound scan, theatre service, chest clinic, Family planning service, Adolescent health, maternity, pharmacy, etc.

Outpatient Department and Recovery Ward

• Undertook assessment, planning, and implementation of interventions to address patient care problems.
• Admitted, transferred and discharged patients.
• Administered drugs, e.g., oral, intravenous and sub rectal and topical and monitored its
• Provided oxygen therapy to the patient as prescribed and PRN.
• Nebulization of asthmatic patients and others as prescribed.
• Performed simple and complex dressing of wounds.
• Monitored vital signs, e.g., pulses, temperature, BP, and Respiration.
• Read reports noted critical cases, did chart rounds, and ensured treatment had been given.
• Inserted urethral catheter and performed catheter care.
• Maintained a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.
• Assisted patients in activities of daily living.
• Educated patients and their relatives on promoting health and preventing illness.

Greater Accra Regional Hospital became a District Hospital after Ghana's independence in 1957 and was later designated as Ridge Regional Hospital in 1997 and now redeveloped and transformed into an ultra-modern 600 bed capacity hospital with the full complement of specialist services that reflects the current social aspirations of the rapidly.

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital’s (GARH) core mandate is the delivery of curative, health promotion and preventive services in the region and sub region. Its services range in complexity from secondary to tertiary level care. The GARH also serves as a practical attachment site for numerous schools including the Accra College of Medicine. It is thus committed to creation of an enabling environment in which education and research in the health science and allied areas thrive.

In the discharge of its mandate, the hospital aspires to meet the highest possible standards and levels of efficiency, effectiveness and quality in all its endeavors.

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH) has been recently licensed by Health Facilities Regulatory Agency (HeFRA ) as a Tertiary Hospital to provide tertiary healthcare for the regions where they are located.

The Hospital provides the following services: Surgery, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, New-born and Pediatrics, Accident & Emergency, Radiology, and Pharmacy. The Hospital also provides Teaching and Training Services for undergraduates and Postgraduates as well as Continuing Professional Development (CPDs) for staff.

The details of the services includes Out-Patient Services, Emergency Services, Orthopedic and Trauma Services, General Dental Services, Maxillofacial Services, ENT Services, Ophthalmology Services, Obstetric and Gynecological Services, Family Planning and Cervical Services, Child Health Services Out-Patient Services, Emergency Services, Blood Transfusion Services, Physiotherapy Services, Spine Health Services, Public Health Services, Anesthesia and Pain Services
Critical Care Services, General Surgical Services, Neurosurgical Services, Minimally Invasive Surgical Services.

Laboratory Services (Parasitology, Bacteriology, Hematology, Chemistry, Histopathology Clinical Pathology, Immunology / CD4), Mental Health Services, Clinical Psychology Services, Pharmaceutical Services, Burns and Reconstructive Services, Radiological Services (X-ray, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, CT Scan, MRI, Mammography), Urological Services, Renal Dialysis Services, Diabetic and Endocrinology Services, Endoscopy Services Mortuary Services, Dermatological Services Cardiology Services and Ambulance Services.

Female and Male Medical and Surgical Ward

• Treat and care for patients after major surgical procedures by monitoring vital signs, administering medication, and cleaning surgical areas.
• Collaborate with physicians, case managers, families, and other staff members when developing a plan for care and treatment during the hospital stay.
• Noted patient physical condition, vital signs, daily routine, and medication schedule in the urgent care department during serious illnesses or injuries.
• Responded to emergency situations where patients are in life-threatening conditions by following the correct procedure and maintaining a calm and effective demeanor.
• Recorded information about patients as they recovered from illness in the hospital, such as diet, physical activity, milestones, and more.
• Followed a treatment plan and medication schedule ordered by the doctor, and assessed patient pain levels during the hospital stay.

Pantang Hospital is the third of the three psychiatric hospitals in Ghana. It is the largest and was commissioned in 1975 by General I. K. Acheampong. Pantang Hospital was built as a 500-bed facility with a Pan-African Mental Health Village in mind. The hospital is situated close to the Pantang village, about 1.6 kilometers off the Accra- Aburi road and 25 kilometers from Central Accra.

Headed by a Ghanaian Psychiatrist, Dr.Sika-Nartey after its commissioning, the facility has provided first class psychiatric care to several clients in and around the Pantang village, neighboring Aburi and into the hinterland.

With 9 wards for inpatient treatment, this hospital focuses on helping people treat mental health conditions such as Substance Abuse, Trauma & PTSD, Co-Occurring Disorders, Depression and Anxiety. Treatment Options includes Cognitive Behavioral, Therapy (CBT), Comprehensive Assessment, Psychotherapy, Psychoeducational, Individual Counseling, Art Therapy and Detoxification Program.

Male and Female Ward (Adult).

• Transport patients to and from various departments as requested.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, weight, height, blood pressure and intake - output measurements.
• Assists in preparation of unit, patient rooms and beds for receiving patients admissions.
• Provide general nursing care.
• Assisted patients with transfer, walking, specimen collection.
• Assessed, diagnosed, and planned care for multiple patients.
• Assist doctors in the delivery of medical procedures and provides basic life support incase of emergencies

The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital was the first to spring up after the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. It is touted as one of Nkrumah’s accomplishments built in the year 1965. The hospital was built to accommodate up to 500 patients, and admits patients from regions around the central region where it is located, namely Western and Ashanti regions.

Dr Sangmuah, Dr Sika-Nartey and Dr. Atsor were the pioneer psychiatrists. This was an attempt to decongest the hospital. The vision is to be a center of excellence in Mental Health Care and Training in the sub region.

The hospital mission is to render accessible, quality, and efficient mental health care, To train the highest caliber of professionals in mental health care and To provide quality general medical services to KEEA municipality.

The Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital has seven (7) wards, males and females. It admits patients as inpatients and on OPD levels.

Over the years, the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital has evolved through various stages and the status quo of paradigm shift is worth commending. The hospital has over time had to provide general medical services together with the care of the mentally ill because communities close to the hospital have not had facilities that provide such physical medical services.

The outpatient department now operates a 24 hour service. Other specialty services now incorporated include epileptic clinic, substance use clinic, diabetic and hypertension clinic and a general medical outpatient department (O.P.D) to take care of non-psychiatric cases. The hospital also runs a maternity unit which is highly patronized by the communities around.

• Ensuring the timely and accurate completion of all administration and documentation related to patient care and medication management including oral and intravenous medication.
• Providing outstanding nursing care to all patients, checking a patients comfort, ie. their position, convenience and need for toilet.
• Assisted patients with mobility needs, including moving to and from beds, organizing wheelchairs and preparing assistive devices.
• Maintain a safe and therapeutic patient care environment.

Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital was established in 1938 as a Military Hospital by the colonial government of the Gold Coast for the then British West African Royal Force based in Takoradi during the Second World War.The main purpose of the Hospital was to offer medical services to recruited soldiers during their hard and final training for war. Takoradi was selected as the final training camp because it had the only sea port then and served as gateway for the transportation of soldiers to the warfront.

When the Second World War ended in 1945, the Military authorities handed over the Hospital to the Ministry of Health of the Gold Coast Colony in 1948 and this facilitated the relocation of an old hospital at Sekondi to ‘Effia Nkwanta’ a location which literally translates in Fanti as the

old hospital at Sekondi to Effia Nkwanta , a location which literally translates in Fanti as the

junction or by lane to the Effia Community.The hospital has served the Western Region and beyond for over 50 years and have gained expertise to provide reliable healthcare.

The hospital has about 500 beds, 60 professional Doctors and 300 plus working people. The hospital has been designed with several departments including Administration, Internal Medicine, Pharmacy, Accident and Emergency, Public Health, Outpatient department (OPD), Inpatient Wards, Surgical suite (Operation department), Emergency & Casualty, Obstetrics & Gynecology (maternity and child health) . Their laboratory is divided into five main units; namely Main Laboratory, Blood Bank, A&E Laboratory, Antenatal Laboratory and Chest Laboratory.

Male and Female Surgical and Medical Ward (Adult)

• Assessed, planned, implement, and managed care for 4-10 patients across life span.
• Worked under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse providing bedside care, treatments and clinical documentation for patient.
• Takes and records temperature, pulse, weight, height, blood pressure and intake - output measurements.
• Assists in preparation of unit, patient rooms and beds for receiving patients admissions. Provide general nursing care
  Assisted patients with transfer, walking, specimen collection.
• Assessed, diagnosed, and planned care for multiple patients.
  Assist doctors in the delivery of medical procedures and provides basic life support in
• case of emergencies.