Courtesy of: The Morning News
The work of expansion and innovation at the IMSAN center (medical center in San Nicolas) is in full swing. Director of IMSAN, Dr. Joe Rajnherc, has announced that they are offering several services to the San Nicolas and surrounding areas. Lately, when it gets very busy at the Emergency Care at the Hospital, many people head to San Nicolas for the emergency help they need. People have been coming from as far as Noord to the IMSAN Emergency Care, which, reportedly, is functioning admirably and people don’t need to wait long.
According to Dr. Rajnherc, they are currently focusing on the policlinic care where they are offering various services by specialists. They even have a primary care physician in service. They have a simple radiology service. Radiology photos are digital, which are sent to the US with results coming back in 30 minutes.
There is a laboratory which functions from Monday to Friday, with plans to expand this service to 24/7 with a fully equipped staff. One of the big plans for IMSAN is to soon have a full fledged oncology department for the treatment of cancer. Patients are being sent abroad for radiotherapy, but soon Aruba will have her own cancer unit. Soon people from abroad will be coming here for certain services when we amplify our services, according to Rajnherc.
IMSAN will have a full fledged oncology unit, offering chemotherapy as well as certain surgeries. Plans are to take over the La Posada Dialysis clinic. This is expected to take place during the first months of next year. The Diabetic service will be amplified. There will be two centers, the one at Wayaca and one at IMSAN. Both will be fully staffed and equipped with 2 teams to help our diabetic patients.
One other major change for IMSAN will be the expansion of the Emergency Care (Eerste Hulp). This will be transformed into an urgency care center, such as the model of Baptist Hospital in South Florida. This will enable IMSAN to assist many more patients in cooperation with our main hospital. It will reduce the number of people going to the hospital emergency care unit. Future plans also call for a daily surgical care unit which could be ready in 2 to 3 years. The government and the leadership at IMSAN are anxious to see their plans realized as envisioned. All in all, these plans are for the benefit and well fare of our people.
