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The General Intensive Care service cares for the most severely ill patients in the hospital. The service is able care for, diagnose and treat virtually any acute illness. It uses an array of enhanced physiological monitoring systems, organ supportive therapies and complex treatments that necessitate a high staff to patient ratio of a highly skilled, multi-professional team.


Specialities Covered

  • General Surgery
  • General Medicine
  • Trauma and Orthopaedics
  • Respiratory
  • Urology
  • Oncology
  • Haematology
  • Maxillofacial
  • Ear, Nose & Throat
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Renal

Unit information

  • 18 ICU Beds
  • GICU: 12 Beds
  • HDU: 6 Beds

Current GICU Visiting Times

  • 11am – 7pm
  • 2 visitors only per patient
  • Some exceptions apply, please speak directly to the Nurse in charge/Matron

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