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Mount St. John Medical Centre (MSJMC) is a modern 185-bed general hospital within Antigua.

With a workforce of nearly 500 and a medical staff of over 200, Mount St. John’s Medical Centre is one of the island’s largest employers. We are a 185-bed hospital offering a full range of services, from primary care to advanced critical care.

Some of the benefits are:

FACILITY

• New Full Scope Modern General Hospital
• Information Desk
• Multiple Waiting Rooms – Plus Consulting Rooms for family members to speak privately with a doctor
• Improved and Increased Capacity Parking
• Cafeteria for Visitors and Staff
• Improved/Advanced Medical Technology
• Patient/Family/Community Education Classroom
• Expanded Pharmacy
• Nondenominational Chapel
• Electronic Medical Records

SERVICES

Expanded Clinical Scope with Primary and Specialty Care Services

185 Inpatient Beds/ 10 ICU Beds/ 20 ER Exam Beds/ 5 ORs/ 1 Endoscopy Suite

The following services are provided at:

• Radiology
  • Open MRI
  • 16 Slice CAT Scan
  • Fluoroscopy
  • Mammography
  • X-Rays
  • Ultrasound
• Pharmacy
• Clinical Laboratory and Pathology
• Blood Bank
• Surgery
• In-Patient Services
• Emergency & Trauma Services
• Dialysis
• Nephrology
• Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
• Oncology
• Orthopedics
• Non-Invasive Cardiology

MEDICAL STAFF & OUTPATIENT CLINIC SPECIALTIES

• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Pediatrics
• OB/GYN
• General Surgery
• Orthopedic Surgery
• Ear, Nose & Throat
• Nephrology
• Ophthalmology
• Pain Management
• Oncology
• Diabetes
• Hypertension

MEDICAL & HOSPITAL SERVICES

• Physician appointments
• Inpatient and surgical services coordination
• Air ambulance
• Ground ambulance
• Daily inpatient visitation
• Explanation of medical information, instructions and procedures
• Referral for emotional support/spiritual guidance

CURRENCY & FINANCIAL

• Estimates of charges for physician/hospital services
• Pre-admission deposits

VISITS/CAPACITY

• Outpatient per year: 50,000
• Average Daily Inpatient Load: 100

Emergency Department: Designed to function as a fully equipped tertiary center that is staffed to care for serious traumas and serve as a regional resource. Bed capacity is 20.

Imaging Services: Our preeminent centralized imaging center features state-of-the-art imaging technologies – advanced MRI, CT, mammography and ultrasound – in a fully integrated digital imaging service.

Pediatrics: Our Pediatric Unit has the capacity for 24 beds

Women and Infants Health: Fifty percent of the entire third floor of MSJMC is dedicated to women and infants health. A Family Birthing Center
will include 4 Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum rooms; a well-baby nursery; Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); and Obstetrics & Gynecology OBGYN Exam Rooms.

Male & Female Medical & Surgical Units: Our Medical & Surgical Unit has a total capacity of 112 beds – Male Medical & Surgical: 28 beds each and Female Medical & Surgical: 28 beds each

ROOM TYPES

• Private: 1 Bed
• Semi-Private: 2 Beds
• Standard: 4 Beds

ACCESS

• Land: With over 190 parking spaces it is easier to get to the MSJMC. There are separate entrances for visitors, ambulances and goods traffic.

• Air: An approved helicopter pad for onsite air ambulance – This helicopter pad accommodates all sizes of helicopters and is available to facilitate emergency patient arrivals from other islands and ships in the region.

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCIES

• High efficiency rotary screw chillers for the air conditioning designed to load shed as energy/cooling demand decreases

• Digital thermostat controls that allow the temp range of the various areas to be more closely monitored

• Building management system that can adjust air pressures and temperatures throughout the building to ensure comfort cooling and non wastage of cooling energy

• Fully automatic alarm system that indicates faults on all major systems so they can be rectified ASAP

• Full water treatment plant designed to process all waste water from the hospital and store it for use in watering the landscaping

• Low pressure metal halide ext lighting designed to operate on a photo electric cell so lighting only comes on when demand is required

• High efficiency internal bulbs in all down lighters

• Heat transfer system for heating the hot water from the steam boilers more efficient than electrical element heating

• Recirculation domestic hot water pumps installed so that water does not have to be run for a long time before the hot water appears at the faucet

• 15% tinting on the windows to cut down on solar heat gain in the building and also prevent furniture and fabrics fading and deteriorating

• Double glazing to all windows to cut down on heat/cold and noise transference through the window pane

• Insulation to all external walls to assist in thermal insulation

• High efficiency boilers powered by propane and diesel saving cost to operate compared to electrical type

• Gas cooking lines in the kitchen to cut electricity consumption

• Soft start systems on all heavy equipment so as not to draw too much power on start up

• White roofing sheeting used to reflect direct sunlight and lessen heat gain into the structure

• Insulated walls between all air conditioned and non air conditioned spaces

• Collection of rain water form all roofs which is directed into two 90,000gallon cisterns which is then combined with city water and treated and used in the hospital

• Over 250,000 gallons of water storage capacity

• Bio-degradable chemicals used in the laundry and kitchen dishwasher cleaning that do not harm the environment

GENERAL

• MSJMC is family-centered and include improved accommodation and facilities for families with comfortable seating, internet access and storage in patient rooms and outdoor balconies on each ward.

• Forty-two percent of all rooms are single bed rooms, providing patients and their families with privacy, without compromising staff visibility and patient safety

• Sixty percent of all patient rooms will have views of the ocean and courtyards and gardens will provide children and families with easy access to the landscape’s ‘healing environment’.

• Building has a sprinkler system throughout with backup and alarms that also repeat at the fire station.  Approximately 250K gallons of water is stored under the building for fire and general usage.

• The building is designed to Earthquake standard Seismic Zone 4 – Antigua is currently a seismic zone 3.

• The steel roof and support members are designed to withstand 150 MPH sustained wind loading and is also separated from the main building with a concrete floor which is sealed to prevent water ingress in large amounts.

Mount St. John’s Medical Centre (MSJMC) Announces Updating of User Fees as of October 1^st, 2010:

SCHEDULE

Please be assured that even as the fees have been updated MSJMC, mindful of the national reality, has put mechanisms in place to address the needs of the poor and other vulnerable groups, to ensure that the services at the hospital remain available to all and that no one will be denied access to care because of genuine inability to pay.

Contact details:

Mount St. John’s Medical Centre
St. John’s Antigua
Tel: (268) 484-2700
Fax: (268)484-2785.
Email: info@msjmc.org

www.msjmc.org