Horacio Oduber Hospitaal
Coordinates: 12 ° 32 '31.3 " N , 70 ° 3' 27.7" W.
 
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The Dr. Horacio E. Oduber Hospitaal (short: HOH from Horacio Oduber Hospitaal ) is the only hospital on the island of Aruba .
The hospital is located in the West district of the capital Oranjestad . The hospital was originally a Catholic hospital, but is now open to patients of all denominations. The hospital, which opened in 1977, is operated by the Stichting Ziekenverpleging Aruba. The Foundation's Board of Trustees oversees and organizes the general affairs of the hospital.
history
The doctor Horacio Eulogio Oduber (1862–1935) was the first doctor on the island, he ran a small practice in his private house Quinta del Carmen in the village of Bubali. Often the doctor was paid only in kind or was given food for his horse. Doctor Oduber was a doctor at a time that now seems almost primitive. There was no electricity or running water, no telephone, or motorized traffic on the island, and medical science was still in its infancy. Many people died of infections, viruses or diseases that were not yet known at the time. According to an estimate, around 8,000 people lived on the island in 1910. They were mostly farm workers with little financial means.
Since there was no hospital at the time, the doctor took the patients into his home. Indeed, it could be said that the doctor's house on Wilhelminastraat in Aruba was the first hospital. The necessary operations, including amputations, were only carried out by administering plenty of rum due to the lack of anesthetics such as opium or anesthetics. As a result of the gold mining in Aruba , the population increased rapidly from 1824 and Horacio Oduber's infirmary became too small.
In 1920 the first San Pedro de Verona hospital was founded by Catholic nuns (Dominicanesses), in which Horacio Oduber was still active until his death in 1935.
Facility
The current hospital was put into operation at the end of 1976 and the official opening took place in January 1977. It was named after the doctor Horacio Oduber. The modern hospital with 320 beds and around 800 employees also has a helicopter landing pad to deliver patients by police or naval helicopters.
Departments
The medical disciplines in the HOH are: general medicine, surgery, internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, pediatrics, gynecology, cardiology, nephrology, gastroenterology, anesthesia, ophthalmology, ENT, psychiatry, oncology, pathology, intensive care medicine, plastic surgery, dermatology, obstetrics , Pulmonology, radiology and urology. Specialized doctors are either contractually employed by the HOH or work as private independent consultants.
Diagnostic departments
Electrophysiology, ultrasound, x-ray, mammography, CAT scans, MRI, performance tests, laparoscopy, endoscopy, bronchoscopy, coronary angiography, pathology, serology, clinical chemistry, microbiology, among others. In the field of diagnosis, the HOH works closely with the Aruba Land Laboratory .
Treatment facilities
Children's ward, rehabilitation center, physiotherapy device, obstetric unit, emergency room, ambulance, wound care center, diabetes center, pain clinic, oncology day unit, surgery with 5 operating rooms, blood bank and pressure chamber for diving accidents. The recently renovated intensive care wing has an intensive care unit with 15 beds.
staff
The nursing and medical staff at HOH are people from Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Martin, Suriname, the Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland, Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Mexico and other countries. Thus, in addition to the native language Papiamento , a multilingual environment is also reached, which is also helpful for tourism.
extension
The hospital is currently being expanded with a three-story wing to accommodate all mother and child care services and a new outpatient department.
Trivia
The first Hospital San Pedro de Verona from 1920 in downtown Oranjestad and is now used as a nursing home for the elderly.
Between 1938 and 1985, the Lago Oil Refinery in San Nicolas operated a second hospital, but it was primarily reserved for the employees of the oil refinery, their families and privately insured citizens. Today the outpatient Instituto Medico San Nicolas (IMSAN) is located in San Nicolas, which transfers patients to the HOH if necessary.
Patient transfers to and from Aruba are carried out by Colombian American airlines such as Trinity Air Ambulance International or by the Aruban Air Ambulance Tiara Air Aruba with Learjet 35A machines .
Individual evidence
- ↑ About HOH , website of the hospital
- ^ Historia di Aruba Horacio Oduber
- ↑ Woman airlifted to hospital
- ↑ Hospital lo tin mas espacio pa brinda mas cuido y servicio na pashentna on diario.aw
- ↑ Tiara Air Aruba website ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Trinity Air Ambulance International website
