| Princess Margaret Hospital | |
|---|---|
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| Geography | |
| Location | Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu |
| Coordinates | 8°30′54.72″S 179°11′57.843″E / 8.5152000°S 179.19940083°E |
| Organisation | |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 50 |
| History | |
| Opened | Hospital on Funafuti founded 1913; current site 2003. |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Tuvalu |
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) on Funafuti atoll in Tuvalu is the only hospital in the country, and the primary provider of medical services for all the islands of Tuvalu.[1] The hospital is located about 1.3 kilometres north from the centre of Funafuti on Fongafale islet.
For 2010, the total health budget was AUD $4,696,042.[2]
The hospital has 50 beds with separate wards for men, women and infants. It offers basic routine medical, surgical, obstetric and gynaecologic services.[2] There is also an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a surgery room and nurses' station.[3] PMH also provides accident and emergency services.[4]
Services to the outer islands of the country is provided by satellite clinics, staffed generally with a nurse and a midwife.[1][5]
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- ^ Resture, Setapu Asenati (March 2010). "TE MAAMA PALA: Continuity and change in coping with Tuberculosis in Tuvalu" (PDF). A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Arts in History - The University of Auckland, N.Z. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.