acknowledging its importance. It only becomes a point of concern when
one is taken ill and requires medical attention from a hospital. Some
people take their health for granted such that they do not know which
hospital is proximal to them. They only try to locate such places
during a sudden illness by driving around and looking for the hospital
sign post. This can be quite risky especially if an individual
requires urgent medical attention in the middle of the night; it is
much easier to locate places during the day than at night.
Getting to know where a hospital is located is not enough; one needs
to know which hospital is the best and can save a life of an
individual in critical condition. First, the place has to be
accessible by the most common means of transport, the road. A hospital
should not be located in an area that cannot be accessed by road since
most patients are brought to the hospital using vehicles. This is also
the most affordable means of transport used by many. Emergency cases
require easy accessibility by road as compared to other means.
Secondly, a good hospital needs to have state of the art equipment for
its operations. Patients normally come with different complications
which call for different operations and medical attention. Machines
like ones used for x-ray, radio therapy, Centro-radiation among others
should be available at the hospital. This will avoid cases of a
patient being referred to another hospital due to lack of necessary
facilities required to treat such a patient. This may end up putting
the life of patients at risk since some medical complications require
urgent medical attention. It is therefore imperative to know what kind
of facilities hospitals have for different medical problems.
Furthermore, a good hospital needs to have sufficient number of staff
to attend to patients as they come in and those who are admitted.
Patients need to get enough attention from doctors and nurses daily to
monitor their progress. There should be enough number of doctors,
nurses, administrators and other members of staff who take part in the
day to day operations of the hospital. They should match the number of
patients they attend to them so as to avoid unnecessary delays and
congestion in the hospital. In addition to that, the staff should also
be qualified and competent to discharge their duties accordingly.
Lastly, a good hospital needs to observe high levels of hygiene at all
times. Unhygienic conditions in hospitals can result to cases of
diarrhea, cholera among others which can worsen the current state of
patients. This should include the kind of food they eat, where the
patients sleep, the bathroom and toilet facilities they use among
others. Even the staff attending to them should observe high levels of
hygiene. Selecting a good hospital is not something t
