Clinic Days and Time

The Department run multiple shift duties and is open 24 hours a day (weekends inclusive) to render psychosocial services to patients.

Statistical Information of patient visits, average and or total number of admissions on weekly/monthly/yearly basis.

Patients visit the department on a daily basis for various psychosocial services and interventions from various wards. Such as:

• CHEW, Children Surgical and Medical Wards and SCBU
• A & E
• Surgical Wards
• Orthopedics Wards
• ICU
• Medical Wards
• Urology Wards
• Neuropsychiatry/Mental Health Wards
• Eye Ward
• Burns and Plastics Wards
• ENT Wards
• Maxillofacial Wards
• O & G wards

Weekly: We receive an average of 12 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a weekly basis. 

Monthly: We receive an average of 48 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a monthly basis. 

Yearly: We receive an average of 576 patient visits from various wards resulting from consults and self/community referrals on a yearly basis.

(Source: Admin Record, 29^th July 2022)

Breakthroughs and Projections

Breakthroughs

The Department has made some remarkable achievements over the year. Such as:

1. Reaching out to NGOs, Institutions and Firms, Religious Organizations, Well-meaning Individuals and Groups, Philanthropists and others to partner with the department in handling of indigent and in psychosocial cases.
2. The Department through counselling and social intervention process has been able to handle various psychosocial cases.
3. Establishment of the School of Social Development and Occupational Therapy with the help of the current management.
4. Rendering of Family Education Services to families that are referred to the Department.

Increase in numerical strength of Social Workers in the Department through the help of the current management