- PPF Points
- 896
The healthcare sector is one of the most important public service sectors, helping the population fight diseases through primary prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. One of the most popular ones are family doctors' clinics which act as a first contact for non-emergency medical conditions. Such facilities typically accommodate family physicians who cater for non-life-threatening diseases, e.g. the common cold, infections, and chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Urgent care centers are also frequently visited ones that deliver late and overnight service and are ready to treat those with minor injuries or illnesses that aren't life-threatening. The public and private hospitals also have their importance especially when patients have cases like surgery, complex diagnostics, and some of them such as burns, choking, etc. which are regarded as emergencies and necessitate the assistance of the emergency department. The maternity units are among the most visited institutions of all, especially for those times when women are either pregnant or have already given birth, they are there for their prenatal, labor and post-natal care. There is also a tendency for children to be taken to pediatric clinics by their mothers, most of the time, for vaccination, developing check-up and health examination. Mental health institutions have also gained a huge number of patients due to the fact that society has become aware of the problems they face and has also been involving in advocating for them, providing the same care as normal hospitals, offering psychiatric and counseling services. Dental clinics, which are not always in the spotlight, are considered as the place for tooth cleaning, filling, and other dental care services from which people frequently draw when they are in the need for the same. The facilities at the rehab center are very helpful for the patients who have undergone surgery or who are in the process of recovery from injuries and addiction. The goal of their treatment, which will be performed by the professional staff of physical therapists and support personnel, is to regain the patients' power and independence. Each institution fulfills a role that is unique but at the same time interconnected and indispensable in the process of ensuring that the public stays healthy and the governments manage the acute and chronic needs of completely different groups.
