Department of Internal Medicine

• ​A state-of-the-art catherization lab that cater to our patients who need invasive, often life-saving, procedures. 

• A range of non-invasive procedures to assist our patients with cardiovascular disease.

• A heart attack service that is considered one of the best in Africa. 

• An on-call cardiology team readily available to evaluate patients with heart symptoms including heart attacks. 

• International standards and best practices to ensure that our patients are taken care of in a timely manner. 

• An arrhythmia service provided by visiting faculty from the top institutions in the world, including the United Kingdom, Europe, and North America.  

• A daily heart clinic with the ability to cater to all the needs of a patient. 

• A multidisciplinary team experienced at evaluating and managing complex cardiovascular processes.​

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The section of Critical Care Medicine aims to provide the highest quality, up to date, technologically advanced, and compassionate care available to critically ill patients anywhere.

We have a 24-hour dedicated team of consultant specialists trained Anaesthesia and Internal Medicine. All the consultants have undergone further subspecialty training in Critical Care from several world renown institutions.

The consultants are supported by a carefully selected team of Instructors in Anaesthesia and Internal Medicine, Resident doctors in multiple subspecialties and experienced Senior House Officers.

The Critical Care Units cater for a wide array of illnesses and always work in close collaboration with both surgical and non-surgical specialists.

We also practice a multidisciplinary approach to the care of critically ill patients as evidenced by our core team that includes Critical Care certified nurses, physiotherapists, nutritionists, and pharmacists.​

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Our highly trained and experienced team of Dermatologists and nurses strive to ensure excellent patient. 

We are primarily responsible for providing exemplarily care for new born to elderly patients of all skin types presenting with hair, skin and nail problems at the AKUHN. Our services include Dermatological Diagnosis and Management, Dermatosurgical care, and Venereological diagnosis and management.

Common Conditions that we manage include but are not limited to:​

• Acne and Acneiform Eruptions

• Eczema: Various types of Eczemas

• Hair loss: Various types of hair loss

• Nail Conditions

• Skin Fungal Infections

• Pigmentary Disorders: Melasma, Vitiligo

• Mole Mapping and skin cancer management​​​
  
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The Section of Internal Medicine, strives in providing excellent patient care and patient safety. We pride ourselves in the services we provide which include:

• A multi-disciplinary team that provides comprehensive holistic care to our patients with acute and/or chronic medical problems

• A daily fully supervised resident run outpatient clinic focusing on preventative and wellness medicine

• A joint injection procedure clinic on Thursday afternoons

• A resident phone clinic to follow up on our patients via phone.

• A pre-operative risk management consultation clinic

• Coordination of patient care with other sections and departments

• A close working relationship with the Department of Radiology, Pathology and Laboratory to ensure excellent patient care.​

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The section of pulmonary medicine (chest clinic) strives to offer high quality comprehensive care to our patients.  ​

We offer the following services​

• Outpatient and inpatient consultation

• A multidisciplinary approach to ensure excellent patient care and patient safety.
  

• ​A daily pulmonary outpatient clinic managing a variety of lung disorders including asthma and persistent cough, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, bronchitis, bronchiectasis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, interstitial lung diseases, chronic respiratory failure, sleep related disorders, unexplained breathlessness, pleural diseases, exercise intolerance and lung cancer.

• ​A smoking cessation clinic​

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Our section of neurology prides in offering the following services;

• An Epilepsy/Sleep in-patient monitoring unit to diagnose epilepsy and non-epileptic seizures, uncontrolled epilepsy requiring surgery, and sleep-related disorders for both adults and children.

• A multi-disciplinary team that provides comprehensive holistic care to our patients.

• A robust inpatient consult service.

• A daily outpatient clinic including a Saturday clinic to accommodate our working patients.

• We accept referrals from all over the country and from neighboring countries.

• A patient support group to help our patient manage their disease process and provide an outlet for therapeutic discussions. 

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