Princess Margaret Hospital is the major trauma facility of
Dominica
Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
, located in the northern Goodwill part of the capital,
Roseau
Roseau ( Dominican Creole: ''Wozo'') is the capital and largest city of Dominica, with a population of 14,725 as of 2011. It is a small and compact urban settlement, in the Saint George parish and surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Roseau ...
,
to the northeast of
Lindo Park, north of the
Dominica Botanical Gardens
Dominica Botanic Gardens is located on the Caribbean island-nation of Dominica, in the capital of Roseau. Once known as one of the finest botanical gardens in the region, it was severely damaged by Hurricane David in 1979. Following restoration e ...
, southwest of
Clifton Dupigny Technical College and south of
Stock Farm Prison. There are approximately 15 house/resident doctors and 12 specialists. The hospital has a four-bed Intensive Care unit. A
hyperbaric chamber
A diving chamber is a vessel for human occupation, which may have an entrance that can be sealed to hold an internal pressure significantly higher than ambient pressure, a pressurised gas system to control the internal pressure, and a supply of ...
exists, but is not (as of March 2007) operational. The Ambulance service is operated by the Fire Department, with approximately six ambulances.
Princess Margaret is the main hospital
[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Princess-Margarets-Hospital/170135060578817 ] on the island with 800 beds. Most of the building is old, although the French have constructed a new wing to help develop the hospital.
The hospital comes under the direct control of the Dominican Ministry of Health and is listed as providing provides curative and rehabilitative services, including medical, surgical, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatric, neonatal, haemodialysis, psychiatric, accident and emergency care, referrals for overseas tertiary care, ambulatory specialist clinics and diagnostic services including radiography, laboratory and blood banking.
References
Hospitals in Dominica
Roseau
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