Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / [Government of Gibraltar].

  • Gibraltar. Medical and Health Department.
Date:
[1971]
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Credit: Annual report of the Medical and Health Department / [Government of Gibraltar]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Out Patients Department undertakes injections and dressings prescribed in Out-Patient clinics free of charge. The Blood Department is a self-contained department, responsible for a Central Syringe Service and Central Sterile Supply Department. They all work in close liaison with the Out Pa tien t Denar t me nt. The Dental Clinics arc held on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings for extractions only, under Gas and Oxygen or local anaesthetic. The Clinics for Diseases of the Dye are held daily and an Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic once per week. The Department is under1 hie responsibility, of' Mr. J. Borastero S.R.N. ,D.O.N. In addition to those patients having booked appointments 1057 patients were seen suffering from domestic and industrial accidents and other emergencies during the year. Patients with minor ailments not seen by the Ophthalmologist but seen by Mr. Borastero are not included in the report. The Dep ar tme nt al s o hoi Gs approximately every three Throat Consultant from the an Ear, Nose and Throat months by Mr. Chaw,Ear, United Kingdom. clinic Nose and The numb er Clinics is of patients seen at the Ear,Nose and Throat given under the Out-patient Statistics. A small number of children suffering1 from squint are given Orthoptic treatment twice weekly by Mr. Borastero. The tot al number of patients seen during the year was as follow/s; Adults, ne w pa tie nts 1457 , old patients 1112 Prescription for glasses given 849 Domestic and Industrial 1057 Total: 4475 Children new patients 331 old patients 506 Prescription for glasses 190 Total: 1027 During the year a total of 40 major and 11 intermediate operations were performed. Minor operations ar j not included in this report. X-RAY DEPARTr ME Turn The work in this Department as can be seen by the statistics for this year, has generally increased in almost all radi ogrop:'hie inve stigat ions of a rout ine nature . Dr. Oscar Craig, the Consultant Radiologist, paid us five working visits; in all of these visits the staff of this Department coped with tho every day requests from the local staff for the Hospital, General Practitioners and Assistant Pcrt Medical Officer including pro-employment Chest X-Rays together with‘he heavy work programme of patient investigations by Dr. Craig - some of which arc highly specialised and were performed to his entire statisfaction.