Medical and sanitary report / Bahamas.

  • Bahamas. Medical Department.
Date:
[1937]
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Credit: Medical and sanitary report / Bahamas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    X-Ray Department. Many cases of Fibroid Uteri and skin conditions are being; treated. 1935 1936 1937 Private cases X-rayed................. 38 49 78 Pauper cases X-rayed. 43 42 249 Treatments given. 27 67 98 Fluoroscopic examinations.. 20 3 7 128 161 432 Surgical Operations Performed at the Hospital in 1937. Major operations .... 60: Minor operations ... 125 Total....... 1 S5> Nurses’ Routine. Lectures on Anatomy, Physiology, Medicine, Psychiatry, Dietetics, Obstetrics, Surgery and Practical Nursing are given to the undergraduate Nurses by the Resident Staff. The standard of entrance for candidates in general nursing requires applicants to possess a high school leaving certificater Junior Cambridge Certificate or equivalent. In 1936 the nurses’ training course was extended to four years instead of three years as formerly. Also during the last three months of this four years course each nurse is attached to the Infant Welfare Department of the Public Health Service. First Aid Dressers. Certain parts of the Out Islands (where District Medical Officers only occasionally visit) enjoy the services of first aid “dressers.” Suitable candidates are given a course of six months at the Bahamas General Hospital in general training, including the rudiments of Nursing, Nutri¬ tion, Sanitation, and Hygiene, special attention being directed towards recognizing the common native ailments and their appropriate treatment as well as first aid treatment of acci¬ dents, etc.
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