Centralized Ambulance Services
At present there are 56 ambulances available in A&N
Health Institutions. All the District hospitals, CHCs, PHCs and Rangachang
Sub-centre have been provided ambulances, to tackle emergency situation.
The ambulance services are provided at free of cost on 24x7.
A centralized Ambulance call centre is established in G.B.Pant Hospital. The
centre manages the availability of ambulance of entire islands. People have to
dial only 102 and ambulance
will reach there from the nearest health institutions.
OPD / IPD
OPDs are performed in all Hospitals on all working
days. The timing for OPD is 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. to 4.00
OPD registrations, consultations, investigations and treatment are free.
Casualty and Emergency Services
Casualty and emergency services are attended 24 x 7 in all
the District Hospitals, CHCs, and PHCs. A separate casualty and emergency ward
exists at GB Pant Hospital for attending the emergency cases.
Prompt services of Duty Doctors are available 24 hours on
all days at hospitals. Services of specialized doctors are available on call in
such of the hospitals where they are provided. The decision to call a
specialist is that of the duty doctor. Failure to respond to a call is
monitored by the Medical Superintendent/H.O. in-charge of the hospital.
Patients requiring specialized investigations/treatment are referred to the
nearest CHC/District Hospital/G.B.Pant Hospital depending on the case, after
providing proper medical aid within the scope of the equipments and the
facilities available at Health Centre / Hospital. In all emergency cases,
standard of care, which include screening of the patient, stabilizing the
patient’s condition and transfer or discharge of the patient for better
treatment is done. In serious cases, treatment/management of patients gets
priority over paper work like registration and medico legal requirements. The
decision rests with the Duty Doctor.
Dialysis Unit
The present Dialysis unit of G.B.Pant Hospital, Port Blair
was inaugurated by the then Lt. Governor Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhoopender Singh on
17/05/2010. The unit has seven Haemodialysis machines (Fresinius 40088) in the
ground floor and an R.O.Plant in the first floor.
The nit is managed by one technician and four well trained
staff nurses. Dr. S.S.Singh, Physician trained in Dialysis is the overall
incharge of the unit. The Dialysis unit works in four shifts and performs more
than 25 dialysis per day. This is the only Dialysis Unit available in whole of
Port Blair city and apart from working as a life line for CKD patients of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It has also provided its services to occasional
CKD patients from Mainland India who had visited these Islands a tourist.
Contact No. 03192-09434282123
Blood Bank
A blood bank is a place where blood which has been taken
from blood donors is stored until it is needed for people in hospital. There is
one blood bank at G.B.Pant Hospital which meets the requirements of the
patients and provides Blood for needy persons. Blood bank services are attended
24 x 7=365 days.
This Blood Bank has been provided with Rapid ELISA test kits
for release of safe blood for emergencies. Blood is released for transfusion
only after screening for HIV, Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C, VDRL and Malaria
parasite, which is mandatory. Public are requested to donate blood voluntarily
and get one self registered in the blood donors directory so that one may be
called for emergencies. The new Blood Bank Management System has been installed
in G.B.Pant Hospital for management of inventory of blood and also send the SMS
to blood donator for requirement of specific blood group. Blood donation camps
are being organized with the assistance of N.G.Os.
Contact No. 03192-230628
Laboratory Services
In all health institutions, laboratory services are
available for conducting routine investigations and it is available only on
working days from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Reliability and promptness of laboratory results are ensured
due to auto-analysers, electrotype analysers provided.
In G.B.Pant Hospital, facilities of biochemistry
investigations are available. Malaria testing facilities are available in all
District Hospital, PHCs, CHCs, UHCs and at Malaria Clinic at Head Quarter
(DHS). Sub-centres collect the blood sample for malaria testing and send for
testing in any nearest hospitals.
