Hospital Services

Belize Medical Associates Emergency Room (ER) services department provides adults and children expert treatment for everything from life-threatening medical conditions and trauma to high fevers. You can access walk-in medical attention for non life-threatening illness or injury through the ER. The ER is staffed with an experienced and sensitive staff. These include qualified resident doctors and on-call specialists as well as trained nurses. Our staff is prepared to handle a wide range of emergency situations. In addition, they understand that patient and family emotions run high during medical emergencies. That is why we’ve taken steps to ensure our customer service is as thorough as our emergency medical care.

Belize Medical Associates offers you Emergency Room (ER) Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Upon arrival, you are greeted by the resident doctor and nurses whose first and foremost job is to provide emergency care. And, to ensure their skills stay current, every month, Belize Medical Associates provides continued medical education and continued nurse’s education. Our emergency team is also supported with the 24-hour Emergency Room support services of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), Neurological Unit, Pharmacy, Laboratory and Radiology Departments.

Our modern 25-bed hospital offers you special nursing care with qualified nurses and specialists available at all times. Nurses are often the first people you meet when you get to the hospital. When you arrive, a nurse will ask you questions about your medical history and any symptoms you may be experiencing. The nurse will get you settled into your hospital room and help make you as comfortable as possible. He or she will also take your vital signs, which include your temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate. Here at Belize Medical Associates, the nurses-to-patient ratio is one-to-one to ensure that patients are very comfortable.

Because we feel that privacy is of utmost importance to you, we offer private suites and rooms where our specialists can speak more candidly with you. All hospital rooms are air-conditioned and provide a very spacious setting to ensure maximum comfort for your hospital stay and recuperation. Suites and private rooms at Belize Medical Associates carry cable television, private bath, refrigerator and individual hospital telephones. The suites are also additionally equipped with an extra bed while the private rooms carry a large comfortable couch for an overnight relative or visitor. All rooms are designed with a large window which allows plenty of sunlight in and provides a panoramic view of the garden area or the outdoors. At Belize Medical Associates, all rooms carry a call button so you can contact a nurse for assistance if you need help. If you have to have a special diet while you are in the hospital, our dietitian will plan balanced meals to meet your nutritional needs.

Your relatives will also appreciate our 24 hour visiting hours (with some restrictions), 24 hour security services and spacious parking facilities.

Belize Medical Associates is the only private hospital in Belize with a complete 2 bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Our state-of-the-art ICU is designed to care for patients with critical, life-threatening conditions. This ICU opened in 2004. Here, you will receive care from Belize’s only qualified and certified Intensivist who is specialized in treating critically ill patients.

Intensive care patients come in all guises: multiple trauma (car accidents), burns, cardiac arrest, head injuries, semi-comatose or overwhelming sepsis (when the body shuts down). Our state-of-the-art unit comes fully equipped with a ventilator, blood gas analyzer, advanced patient monitoring by trained ICU nurses and specialists, with on-site access to life-saving technologies.

Patients are managed by a team that includes critical care specialists and all other specialists who provide comprehensive care that meets your needs. The ICU at Belize Medical Associates is also equipped with critical care nurses whose job it is to look after their assigned patient and monitor all aspects of their care.

Our fully equipped Cardiac Care Unit offers care for patients with acute and chronic heart conditions. It features an Echocardiogram (ECHO + ECG), 24 Hour Ambulatory Holter Monitoring Apparatus, 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Apparatus and Exercise or Pharmacological Stress Testing on Treadmill.

Our unit allows access to leading-edge medical and surgical equipment to support specialized clinical care. This unit offers our patients the most complete and advanced methods for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of heart disease.

Our Neurological Unit includes an EEG machine – the electroencephalogram – which checks electrical activity of the brain. Additionally, we have an EMG – an electromyogram; this tests muscle strength by applying electrical stimulation. Both are conducted by a skilled neurologist.

The hospital is also complemented by two fully-equipped operating theaters, offering you state-of-the-art provision of Minor and Major surgeries – such as Laparoscopic surgery; Cholecystectomy, Hernia repairs, thyroid, colon and prostate problems, Mastectomy, Hysterectomy and Appendectomy.  Our operating theatres are always staffed with trained and qualified anesthesiologists, surgeons, nurses and medical assistants. Belize Medical Associates is the only private hospital in Belize with two fully equipped operating theatres.  We can accommodate surgical emergencies at any time.

Our team of professional doctors offer the widest range of services including the new initiative of Annual Check-Up.

In our hospital as well as our clinic, our team of medical professionals offer a full range of out-patient services which include:

Multi Specialist Services

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BELIZE MEDICAL ASSOCIATES
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE (NHI)
SOUTHSIDE CLINIC

The National Health Insurance Pilot Project was introduced on the south side of Belize City in early 2001 to test a new model of health care delivery – providing universal access to high quality healthcare appropriate to the needs of the community.

The project was carried out over a period of six months during which time monitoring and evaluation were ongoing.

Following the success of the pilot project, the Belize Medical Associates (NHI) Southside Clinic remained. The clinic is staffed with a team of competent general practitioners and qualified nurses who provide services shaped around the needs and preferences of individuals, patients, families and the community. It is complemented with support services including referral to laboratory and imaging services and specialists consultation.

Appointments as well as walk-in services are available. Contact us for more information.

The Belize Medical Associates laboratory is fully equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation and qualified personnel, and has earned a reputation for providing reliable, prompt, and confidential results at competitive prices in a friendly, yet professional setting. We believe that your satisfaction is our responsibility.

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Our state-of-the-art Spiral CT gives more details on possible cancerous growths in any organ or for testing in cases of head injuries, abdominal illnesses as well as chronic back problems. Our Spiral CT has an advanced software that obtains three-dimensional images for a more detailed study (bone fractures in patients with severe trauma). Unlike conventional CT scans, our Spiral CT allows for faster movement through the process thereby, reducing radiation for the patient.

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Belize Medical Associates Pharmacy’s mission is to satisfy our customers by providing prompt and efficient services at competitive and affordable prices. We are staffed at all times with certified and licensed Pharmacists ensuring that our customers are educated about their medications upon receiving them.

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