Recent developments in Hospital Taiping
FACILITIES AND SERVICES OFFERED
The Department of Medicine is the largest department in Taiping Hospital. The general objective of the Medical Department is to provide holistic, quality, effective, customer-friendly medical services and secure in line with the latest technological developments. Specific objective
The Department of Medicine is to provide quality medical services with emphasis on 'patient safety', ensuring effective and comprehensive management quality during service delivery, ensuring service delivery by technically competent staff and softskill management and improving the suitability of day care to patients and reducing congestion in rheumatic hospital and reduce morbidity and mortality.
The Medical Department has 177 beds, which is about 29.11% of the 608 official beds at Taiping Hospital. To handle the services, the department has 10 specialists, Head of Department & Senior Medical Consultant and Endocrinologist Head, Special Grade B, 1 person Medical consultant Nephrology Special Grade C, 1 person Medical consultant Respiratory Special Grade C, Medical Expert UD54 ( Geriatric) and 6 physicians UD52 / 48/44.
In addition, the department has 24 Medical Officers and 19 Medical Officers. In addition, it is also supported by paramedical members namely 1 U38 Nurse Supervisor, 17 Nurses' Head, 1 Head Nurse U41,163 Nurses Nurse / 15 CUPs, 11 Community Nurses, 2 Administrative Assistants, 1 Pen . Nurses, 2 Assistant Medical Officers U32, 8 Assistant Medical Officers and 70 Health Care Assistants
The Department of Medicine conducts the care of a patient (secondary and tertiary referral center). The Department of Medicine has 9 wads of CCU, C4, C5, C6, D2, D4, D5, D6, Geriatric wards (A2) and A4 (TB) covering 1st class, 2nd class, 3rd class, isolation and TB ward.
The Department serves as a reference center for Health Clinics and other hospitals such as Kuala Kangsar Hospital, Parit Buntar, Gerik and Selama, and even from private hospitals, Taiping and Kamunting Prisons for the treatment of common diseases General Medicine, Nephrology, Respiratory and Endocrinology.
Heart Laboratory provides Echocardiography (adult & infant / child) services, Stress test, Holter and heart recovery program.
Respiratory Labs provide Lung Function Test, Spirometry, Diagnostic Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy and sleep study.
The clinics available at the Taiping Hospital Medical Department are as follows: -
• Nephrology
• Respiratory
• Endocrinology
• Obesity (with Surgery Department)
• Diabetes / Hypertension / Cardiology
• Respiratory
• Geriatics
• Diabetic Foot Clinic (with Orthopedic Department)
Expert visit from Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, Ipoh
• Rheumatology (every 2 months)
• Hematology (every 2 months)
• Infectious Disease (every month)
• Cardiology (every 2 months)
• Gastroenterology (every month)
• Dermatology (every month)
• Infectious Disease (every month)
• Haemophilia (every 3 months)
• Wellness clinic (2 times a month)
Specialist visit from Penang Hospital
• Neurology (every 2 months)
In addition, the department also conducts in-service training for members of the Medical Department such as MRCP and outside and in-hospital courses. The department also provides health education counseling services to Diabetic patients whose operating location is now located in a specialist medical clinic building managed by a full-time full-time nurse. In addition, research is also about disease and quality activities. The department has established a Diabetes Resource Center to conduct diabetes classes weekly and provide counseling services to diabetics. In addition, diabetes resource centers also provide education and training services to nurse trainers and nutrition-related hospital staff, home-level glucose monitoring, medicines, insulin and foot care.
There are 6 Medical Officers check-ups at this clinic. Every Monday through Thursday, all rooms are in use. In the Endocrine and Metabolic clinics, the counseling session for Diabetes patients is performed by Diabetes Resource Center Nurses at the Policlinic reading corner. On the day of the 'Infectious Disease' clinic, counseling for the patient is carried out in the room next to the Head of Department.
The Medical Clinic Service is held 4 days a week, which is Monday to Thursday morning and evening. Early morning clinical sessions include DM / HPT / Metabolic, Endocrine, Cardiology, Hematology, Gastroenterology, 'Infectious Disease, Neurology', Dermatology and Rheumatology. Apart from medical clinics, there are 2 other clinics - the Geriatric clinic headed by Geriatric Specialist on Monday and Haemophilia Clinics by experts beginning August 10, 2012. The afternoon clinic session is conducted by Medical Officers to review blood results or Radiological Reports or compliant medicine / injection by the patient. "Stable" patients or have logistics / social problems allowed to be discontinued and continue follow-up treatment at a nearby clinic.
Research is one of the activities carried out by the Head of Department and medical specialists from various disciplines involving its members in 2013 which totaled 18 fields. (A Publication in International Journal: International Journal Of Psychiatrists, Peer Review Journal: Penang Medical Journal, Presentation in oral and poster national level: NCCR 2013 and 9th National Geriatric Conference), Members of the Coronary Treatment Unit members are involved in collecting data, and analyze the data for Key Performance Indicator STEMI / Non STEMI.
Achievement
1) Energy Management Gold Standard
1) KIK 2016 Award
3)Healthy Setting: Healthy Facilities
References
http://htaiping.moh.gov.my/index.php/perkhidmatan/klinikal/jabatan-perubatan
http://htaiping.moh.gov.my/index.php/mengenai-kami/carta-organisasi