Category: tips and advise

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This article is a celebration of completing 15 community awareness campaigns under 3 different themes during the 1^st half of 2019. Our community partnerships aligns with our holistic vision, and long-term commitment to advancing health and wellness in our community.

1. Listen to your body:

Obesity is by far the most dangerous underlying reason for many modern diseases, such as diabetes and heart problems. The earlier you can detect diabetes and deal with it, the safer you will be from its nasty complications. Thus, we went on 9 campaigns encouraging people to listen to their bodies. They took place at Wadi Degla Club, 6^th of October Club and Hyper1 Market. Our methodology involved free inbody mass assessment, diabetes test, and one-to-one doctor consultancy. Our doctors have also offered public seminars on best and safest methods to reduce obesity and maintain a healthy body weight.

2. We’ve got your back:

As an integrated part of the Egyptian community, we are well-aware at Al Safwa Hospital that many people are not covered by a health insurance umbrella. This fact often discourages many from making correct, timely health decisions due to the fear of financial burdens. Thus, we invented Al Safwa annual health card, to make our premium healthcare access available to as many people as possible, and at very low cost, when they subscribe to our card once a year. Once again, we took our team to nearby clubs and markets to let everyone know that “We’ve got your back!”

3. Healthcare for orphans:

Orphanages are vital members of our communities. We believe that all children should be granted access to regular checkups, and should receive timely healthcare accordingly. Thus, we came up with the idea of preparing a medical convoy to perform medical checkups at nearby orphanages, and adopt the cases that would need further medical assistance at our hospital. We found that the national orphans’ day is a great start for this initiative, and therefore we made our first medical visit on the 5^th of April, at Al-SAHWA orphanage. The success of this first visit encouraged us to plan many more across the year.

To this end, we are delighted to announce the official activation of our CSR unit, to increase our capacity of systematically and consistently serving the community we call home.

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Stay Safe during Surgery” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%2301b5c0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Preparing for your surgery correctly limits potentials complications and ensures higher success rates. Thus, it is important to understand the most common screenings that are usually conducted before most surgeries, and discuss them with your surgeon beforehand.

The most common screenings include:

• Chest X-rays to diagnose abnormal heart, breathing, and lung sounds.
• Electrocardiogram (ECG) to show abnormal rhythms, finds heart muscle damage and helps find the cause of chest pain.
• Urinalysis to diagnose kidney and bladder infections, and diabetes. Also, certain types of urinalysis can find out illegal drugs in the body.
• White blood count to diagnose certain fevers and infections, and also reveals if a person is using medicines that affect white blood counts.

Blood tests are also widely required pre-surgery; they include:

• Glucose to measure your blood sugar levels.
• Potassium to measure the amount of potassium, sodium, and other electrolytes in your blood. These chemicals help regulate heart rhythms and other body functions.
• Complete blood count (CBC) to check for (anemia) and infection.
• Coagulation studies (PT/PTT) to find out how well your blood clots.

Your doctor may request all the above screening and tests, or some of them, or more. In all cases, you must talk transparently to your doctor about your medical history, do all required tests, and follow the instructions on nutrition and medicine regulation before and after surgery to avoid any surprises.

If you still have questions or concerns about an upcoming surgery, whether it will be conducted at Al Safwa or any other hospital, you can always book an appointment with our specialized Anesthesia Department to consult on all necessary preparations.

Al Safwa, we’ve got your back!

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Be FAST, Save a life
” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%2301b5c0″ google_fonts=”font_family:Montserrat%3Aregular%2C700|font_style:700%20bold%20regular%3A700%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A stroke is a medical condition that describes a time when your brain isn’t getting the blood it needs. This condition needs immediate treatment chances of brain damage, disability, or even death. You need to be familiar and attentive to warning signs in order to act right and FAST if you or your loved ones were faced with such a situation.

Warning Signs:

Although a stroke tends to be gradual, one or more of the below sudden symptoms are likely to happen:

• Numbness or weakness in your face, arm, or leg, especially on one side
• Confusion or trouble understanding other people
• Difficulty speaking
• Trouble seeing with one or both eyes
• Problems walking or staying balanced or coordinated
• Dizziness
• Severe headache that comes on for no reason

If you or anyone near you have these symptoms, head directly to the nearest Emergency Room, even if you’re not sure that this is a stroke.

The treatment works best when it is given within 3 hours of when the symptoms started. Depending on the stroke type, doctors may prescribe a powerful clot-busting medicine, or if the stroke was caused by a burst blood vessel, doctors will try to stop the bleeding as fast as possible.

Although brain strokes are severely dangerous, prompt action, accurate diagnosis, and proper medical care significantly reduce its severity, and can even lead to a full recovery.

Because every minute matters, Al Safwa Hospital is currently building a specialized Stroke Unit to respond better and faster to each case.

 

Al Safwa, we’ve got your back!

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