Patient Recliner Chairs for the Hospital
Senior Medical Representative Tanya March from Jamaica Hospital Supplies demonstrates recliner to Minister Tufton
The Government, through the Ministry of Health and Wellness, has acquire 200 new hospital reclining chairs, for distribution to its hospitals island-wide.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, said the objective is to reduce overcrowding in Accident and Emergency Departments, and to offer more comfort to patients while they wait to be admitted on wards, as the chairs can be unfolded and used as a substitute for a hospital bed.
Treatment can be administered to patients safely and in comfort. The chair features a sit up, as well as several reclining positions. The reclining positions are often used for patients receiving chemotherapy and dialysis. Every chair features an I.V. pole and locking casters making them extremely multi-purpose and suitable for many areas of a hospital.
“This will be seen as a sort of interim measure that allows patients to wait, but wait in relative comfort while they are given initial treatment until they can be transferred to a hospital bed,” Dr. Tufton said.
He also noted that the recliners will be helpful during this season with more persons seeking treatment for the flu and dengue, which often times results in overcrowding in some hospitals.
Dr. Tufton said the Ministry decided to purchase new hospital reclining chairs, because they are more resourceful than normal hospital beds.
“Part of the challenge with replacing more beds, is that if you put more beds in hospitals, you also have to build more buildings to accommodate the beds, and so, we have to, in the interim, while we plan to build out our hospitals, find a way to accommodate more people,” he said.
The photographs show Tanya McKay-March, Senior Medical Representative for Jamaica Hospital Supplies demonstrating the features of the recliners to Minister Dr. Tufton.
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