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Facilities
The Company owns and
operates the
Augustus Long
Hospital and seven
Medical Centres
located at
Pointe-a-Pierre,
Penal, Guayaguayare,
Forest Reserve,
Brighton, Point
Fortin and Santa
Flora. The Company
has in-house
facilities in the
following areas:
X-rays, Laboratory
services,
Physiotherapy
services, Pharmacy
services, Dietetics,
Occupational Health
Screening, Surgery
and Hospitalization
and Health promotion
and Wellness
services. An ANTE
NATAL CLINIC is
conducted weekly at
the Medical Centre,
Pointe-a-Pierre, in
other fields,
pregnant mothers are
seen in regular
consultations
clinics or as the
Medical
Superintendent
advises.
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Consultations
The Medical
Department provides
out-patient
consultations during
normal working hours
for employees, their
dependants and
retirees and their
dependants at the
various fields of
operations and at
panel doctors in
North Trinidad and
in Tobago. At the
Augustus Long
Hospital and at the
Medical Centre
Pointe-a-Pierre,
consultation is
provided every
weekday - Monday to
Friday - on an
appointment basis.
Panel Doctors
The Company provides
the services of
panel doctors for
duly authorized plan
members, in areas
where the company
does not have a
facility. There will
be no cost to the
plan member for
consultation.
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Radiology
In-house radiology
services take two
(2) forms - X-Ray
and Ultrasound:
1. X-Ray
X-ray services are
provided at the
Augustus Long
Hospital, at the
Medical Centre,
Point Fortin and
Medical Centre,
Santa Flora during
normal working
hours. After working
hours, on weekends
and on public
holidays the
emergency on-call
doctor may call out
one of the
radiographers to
perform urgently
needed X-rays or
authorize an
external X-ray
facility.
A part-time
consultant
radiologist is
available three
times weekly for
reporting on all
X-rays taken in the
Company’s X-ray
department and for
supervising special
radiological
procedures.
2. Ultrasound
Ultrasound services
are provided
in-house at the
Augustus Long
Hospital every
weekday - Monday to
Friday - on an
appointment basis.
Services are
provided from 7.00
a.m. to 9.00 a.m.
Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday
and 1.00 p.m. to
3.00 p.m. on
Thursday.
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Physiotherapy
A Physiotherapist is
available on
weekdays at the
Physiotherapy
Department in the
Medical Centre,
Pointe-a-Pierre. The
Physiotherapist
works by appointment
and also attends to
in-patients at the
Augustus Long
Hospital.
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Laboratory
Services
Laboratory services
are provided at the
Medical Centres in
Pointe-a-Pierre,
Point Fortin and
Santa Flora during
normal working
hours. Most
investigations may
be done in-house. A
few are referred
from the Augustus
Long Hospital to
private laboratories
in emergency
situations outside
of normal working
hours, or by the
Senior Laboratory
Technician in cases
where tests are
either not done
in-house.
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Pharmacy
Services
The Pharmacy section
has its headquarters
at the
Pointe-a-Pierre
Medical Centre. All
Medical Centres in
the producing fields
have a Pharmacy with
full time
pharmacists in
attendance. The
pharmacists dispense
medicines prescribed
by the Company’s
medical officers for
its employees and
dependents on
special prescription
forms.
The Company may
assist with
prescriptions from
Government
institutions. These
non-Company
prescriptions must
be endorsed by the
Chief Medical
Officer or his
designate. Panel
doctor prescriptions
for duly authorized
plan members may be
dispensed at a
Company Pharmacy.
In instances when
plan members have to
purchase medication
prescribed by
Company doctors, the
following guidelines
will apply:
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If the
prescribed
medication
is purchased
without
reference to
the
Company’s
facilities,
members may
be
reimbursed
sixty (60)
percent of
the cost in
accordance
with plan
rules.
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If a member
has a
prescription
filled by a
Company
facility and
the drug is
not
available,
the member
is advised
to purchase
the drug(s)
and will be
reimbursed
one hundred
(100)
percent of
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Work
Injuries
Cases of work injury
are required to have
a Primary Accident
Form and/or an
Advice of Accident
Form on which the
doctor states
briefly the nature
of the injury, in
terms easily
understood by
members of the
Safety Department.
Fitness or Unfitness
to work must be
certified for these
injury cases on a
Medical Treatment
Slip on each
attendance at the
Clinic. All workers
who have had Company
accidents should be
assessed within one
(1) year of being
declared fit or
stabilized. The
Chief Medical
Officer is
responsible for all
assessments.
However, he can
delegate the task to
any of the Medical
Superintendents, as
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