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Helsestatistik for de nordiske lande 1997 - nomesco

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The health service is organised in 16<br />

health districts and one central hospital,<br />

Dronning Ingrid’s Hospital in Nuuk<br />

where some of the specialised treatment is<br />

given. Specialities not found at the central<br />

hospital are treated in Denmark. There is<br />

one health care centre in each district.<br />

In a district health care centre all common<br />

diseases are treated, much like in a<br />

multi-physician general practice in<br />

Denmark. The centres also take care of<br />

uncomplicated births, minor surgical<br />

procedures, common complaints regarding<br />

internal medicine and district psychiatry.<br />

According to the size of the<br />

population, the centres have a number of<br />

beds of admitted patients. In the event of<br />

more complicated courses of illness, patients<br />

are transferred to the central hospital<br />

in Nuuk or to Denmark.<br />

Due to increasing difficulties in recruiting<br />

broadly trained physicians who can<br />

manage the broad spectre of tasks, a reorganisation<br />

of the health service in<br />

Greenland is un<strong>de</strong>r consi<strong>de</strong>ration aiming<br />

<strong>for</strong> larger regional hospitals. Some of the<br />

existing hospitals on the coast will there<strong>for</strong>e<br />

in the future be trans<strong>for</strong>med into<br />

medical stations which may be managed<br />

by general practitioners.<br />

In 10 of the country’s largest villages, a<br />

health station has been set up and is run<br />

by a nurse. In all larger villages, a health<br />

worker is employed. In connection with<br />

the official resi<strong>de</strong>nce of the health<br />

worker, there is in most villages a special<br />

consultation room and a few beds. In villages<br />

with less than 70 inhabitants, a<br />

health worker with special pharmaceutical<br />

training is normally employed to dispense<br />

pharmaceutical products.<br />

ORGANIZATION OF HEALTH SERVICES<br />

Sundhedsvæsenet er organiseret i 16<br />

sundhedsdistrikter og ét landssygehus,<br />

Dronning Ingrids Hospital i Nuuk, hvortil<br />

<strong>de</strong>r er tilknyttet en <strong>de</strong>l speciallæger.<br />

Specialer som ikke fin<strong>de</strong>s på landssygehuset<br />

behandles i Danmark. Der er et<br />

sundhedscenter i hvert distrikt.<br />

I et distriktssundhedscenter behandles alle<br />

almin<strong>de</strong>ligt <strong>for</strong>ekommen<strong>de</strong> sygdomme,<br />

nogenlun<strong>de</strong> svaren<strong>de</strong> til en større lægepraksis<br />

i Danmark. Centrene varetager<br />

ligele<strong>de</strong>s <strong>de</strong> ukomplicere<strong>de</strong> fødsler, mindre<br />

kirurgiske indgreb, almin<strong>de</strong>lig <strong>for</strong>ekommen<strong>de</strong><br />

internmedicinske problemstillinger<br />

samt distriktspsykiatri. Centrene<br />

har efter befolkningens størrelse et antal<br />

senge til indlagte patienter. Ved mere<br />

komplicere<strong>de</strong> sygdoms<strong>for</strong>løb overflyttes<br />

patienterne til landssygehuset i Nuuk eller<br />

til Danmark.<br />

På baggrund af tiltagen<strong>de</strong> vanskelighe<strong>de</strong>r<br />

med at skaffe bredt uddanne<strong>de</strong> læger,<br />

som kan varetage <strong>de</strong>t bre<strong>de</strong> spektrum af<br />

arbejdsopgaver, arbej<strong>de</strong>s hen imod en<br />

omorganisering af <strong>de</strong>t grønlandske sundhedsvæsen,<br />

med større regionssygehuse.<br />

En <strong>de</strong>l af <strong>de</strong> eksisteren<strong>de</strong> sygehuse på kysten,<br />

vil <strong>de</strong>r<strong>for</strong> i fremti<strong>de</strong>n blive omdannet<br />

til lægestationer, som vil kunne beman<strong>de</strong>s<br />

med alment praktiseren<strong>de</strong> læger<br />

I 10 af lan<strong>de</strong>ts største byg<strong>de</strong>r er <strong>de</strong>r indrettet<br />

sundhedsstationer, <strong>de</strong>r le<strong>de</strong>s af en<br />

sygeplejerske. I alle større byg<strong>de</strong>r er <strong>de</strong>r<br />

ansat en sundhedsmedhjælper, som normalt<br />

rå<strong>de</strong>r over et særligt konsultationsværelse<br />

og enkelte senge. I byg<strong>de</strong>r med<br />

un<strong>de</strong>r 70 indbyggere er <strong>de</strong>r normalt ansat<br />

en medicinal<strong>de</strong>pot<strong>for</strong>valter, som administrerer<br />

udleveringen af medicin.<br />

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