A reliable and professional health care service to residents
THE Unity-Lancaster Health Centre is the primary health care facility which serves residents of seven villages along the East Coast corridor.
Dr Alicia Waldron is the doctor in charge there and has been at the location for the past seven months; from all appearances, she enjoys her role at the facility.
At the time the Pepperpot Magazine visited, she was tending to patients by performing triage services on an elderly woman who has diabetes and hypertension.
Dr Waldron seems at ease and didn’t look tired and even though it was way past her lunch period, she was still at it.
She told the Pepperpot Magazine that Unity-Lancaster Health Centre has another doctor who was on leave, a Medex, two nurses, a cleaner, a pharmacy assistant and a handyman.
“Different days, different amount of patients pass through this facility, because we have clinic days but on a typical day, we see about 50 patients since we serve residents from seven villages on this side,” she said.
Dr Waldron added that they would see more patients who are suffering from diabetes and hypertension and seasonal illnesses and since there are several schools close by, from time to time they have some minor accidents and treat some schoolchildren with cuts and bruises.
She related that serious cases that are out of their reach are either referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPGHC) or the Mahaicony Hospital, which is a few miles away.
Dr. Waldron told the Pepperpot Magazine that the Unity-Lancaster Health Centre offers a wide range of services from Monday to Friday, from 08:00hrs to 16:30hrs.
She disclosed that on Mondays they have chronic diseases clinic in the morning, while in the afternoon they have an out-patient clinic for dressings.
On Tuesdays, she said they have a Paediatric Clinic and out-patient clinic during the afternoon; on Wednesdays the chronic diseases clinic is conducted and dressings clinic in the afternoon.
As for Thursdays, they have adult antenatal clinic and in the afternoon they have an adolescent antenatal clinic. On Fridays they have neonatal admissions and in the afternoon home visits are done.
Nursing Assistant Shuneza Rodrigues told the Pepperpot Magazine that they try to see all their patients in good time, thereby limiting the waiting time to see the doctors on duty.
She stated that they also have the services of the community health worker on board and they work as a team to administer the relevant medicines to patients, some of whom are elderly.
Even though Rodrigues is from Melanie Damishana, it was clear she didn’t mind the commute, because she was comfortable working in a team-oriented environment under the guidance of the competent Dr Waldron.
The Pepperpot Magazine spoke to several patients, all of whom did not have any complaints about the service and they were awaiting their turn to see Dr Waldron.
