Registered Nurse, Medical Unit

Client of Profco

The Medical Unit has 33 beds that caters Endocrine patients with Diabetes (Type I & Type II), Diabetic Keto-acidosis, Pheocromocytoma, Adrenal insufficiency, Hypo/Hypercalcemia, Radioactive Iodine (RAI) treatment for Thyroid Cancer patients, MIBG treatment for Malignant Pheocromocytoma, Carcinoid & other Neuroendoc rine tumors, Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) for Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia that can no longer be operable & other measurees have been done, Multiple Endocrine tests for Short Stature, Different Stimulation test to assess Pituitary Insufficiencies, Glucose Tolerance test for Acromegally, Suppression tests for Hyperinsulinism & Factitious hypoglycemia, Water Deprivation test for differential diagnosis of Diabetes Insipidus, Posterior Petrosal Sinus Sampling (PPSS) for differential diagnosis of Cushing Syndrome; Infectious Diseases patients e.g. HIV, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, AH1N1, Measles and other infectious/communicable diseases ; Allergy/Immunology patients e.g. Exacerbation of Bronchial Asthma, Cystic fibrosis, Hyper Ige Syndrome, Familial Mediterrenian Fever, to name a few; Dermatology patients e.g. Pemphigus Vulgaris, Ps oriasis, etc. ; Internal Medicines patients with community Acquired Pneumonia, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pyelonephritis, Fever of Unknown origin, Multiple Medical Problems with complications e.g. Aspiration Pneumonia, Multiple infected bedsores from home, Sepsis, Renal failure, Hypo/Hypernatremi a, Cardiovascular diseases, etc. On occasions we receive patients for Surgery, Rheumatology, Nephorology, Neurology, Gastrology patients, Metabolic and Medical Genetic patients when they reached the age of 14 years old. On occasions, we also administer intravenous Cytotoxic drugs and Chemotherapy. Two rooms for High Dependency patients has just been opened to take care of long term patients in ICU that could be a full code or No code patients