Introduction

Who Definition – Hospital

A Hospital is an integral part of a Social and Medical organization, the function of which is to provide for the population complete health care, both curative and preventive, and whose outpatient services reach out to the family and its home environment; the hospital is also a centre for the training of health workers and biosocial research.

Classification Of Hospitals

Based upon ownership and control

 

According to the directory of hospital

According to the system of medicine

According to the size of the hospital

According to the clinical basis

According to the clinical basis

 

Different Departments Of The Hospital

 

Different Wards In a Hospital

1. Emergency
2. General
3. Semi-private
4. Private
5. Deluxe
6. Suites
7. ICU-NICU/ PICU/ Medical/ Surgical
8. Higher Dependency Unit

 

Different Specialities Of The Hospital

 

Hospital Services

1. Administrative services
2. Medical services
3. Supportive service
4. Hospital technical services
5. Safety and security
6. Public services and Staff facilities

 

Administrative Services

1. Top management control unit
2. Hospital information system 
3. Human resource management
4. Material management
5. Financial management
6. Nursing services
7. Medical record department
8. PR department
9. Marketing promotion

 

Medical Services

1. Outpatient services
2. Emergency
3. Clinical labs
4. Radiology dept.
5. Diagnostic labs
6. Labor and delivery suite
7. Radiation therapy
8. Nuclear medicine
9. Physical rehab 
10. Speech and hearing therapy
11. CATH lab
12. Recreational therapy

 

Supportive Service

1. Admission (IPD )
2. CSSD
3. Pharmacy
4. Food services
5. Laundry
6. House keeping

 

Hospital Technical services

1. Maintenance
2. B.M- Engineering
3. Electrical system
4. A.C
5. Water supply and sanitary
6. Transport and ambulatory
7. Central medical gas unit
8. EPBX system
9. Solid waste management
10. Hospital waste management

 

Safety And Security

1. Fire safety 
2. Bomb threat /mental detractor
3. Alarm system( fire alarm, medical gas)
4. Life code blue , security threat
5. Disaster management
6. Attendant system

 

Public Services and Staff Facilities

1. Entrance and lobby
2. Main – waiting room
3. ICU waiting room
4. Gift shop / book shop / ATM / Mobile charging unit
5. Canteen /coffee shop
6. Patient attendant accommodation
7. Meditation room 
8. Doctor residence flats
9. Temple/ Park /Garden / Children play area
10. Toilet / Washroom