Trafford General Hospital - Opthalmoscopes x2

 

Trafford General Hospital in Manchester is planning major changes to the services it offers local children, with a new, state of the art 24-hour Paediatric Observation and Assessment Unit due to open in 2009. This will offer children in Trafford the chance to be treated in a dedicated unit by experienced, trained paediatric staff. 

 

Located next to the adult A&E department, but operating as a separate facility, it will be equipped with child-specific items and will offer more than a traditional Casualty Department, with children being observed and treated for up to six hours before being discharged under the care of the Community Nursing team.

 

Ophthalmoscopes are hand-held devices that shine a beam into the eye to allow doctors to easily examine the inner eye area. This is useful when examining patients with diabetes, headaches and head injury.