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Ambulatory surgery and anaesthesia in HUKM, a teaching hospital in Malaysia: the first two years experience

Norsidah AM 1 , Yahya N 2 , Adeeb N 3 , Lim AL 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 A M Norsidah, MMed (Anaes). Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 N Yahya, MMed (Anaes). Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 N Adeeb, FRCOG. Department of O & G, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur
  • 4 A L Lim, BHSc. Nursing Manager, Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bandar Tun Razak, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2001 Mar;56(1):58-64.
PMID: 11503298

Abstract

Ambulatory or day care surgery is still in its infancy in this part of the world. Our newly built university affiliated hospital started its Day Surgery Centre in February 1998. It is the first multidisciplinary ambulatory surgery centre in a teaching hospital in the country. It caters for Orthopaedic surgery, Urology, Plastic surgery, Otorhinolaryngology, General surgery, Paediatric surgery and Ophthalmology. We have done 2,604 cases and our unanticipated admission rate is less than 2%. There has been no major morbidity or mortality. The problems of setting up a multidisciplinary ambulatory centre in a teaching hospital are discussed.

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