Refer a patient to YGOPH, 24 hours a day
As a last-referral hospital for women and children, YGOPH receives patients referred by health centres, district hospitals, private clinics and doctors across the Centre region and beyond, day and night.
A good referral saves time and lives. Call ahead for urgent transfers so that our teams can prepare, and send a complete referral letter with the patient. After care at YGOPH, patients return with a report for the referring professional.
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URGENT REFERRALS
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KEY ELEMENTS
A good referral letter includes
Complete information helps our teams understand the situation quickly and avoid repeating tests.
- Patient identity and contact details
- Reason for referral and working diagnosis
- History, examination findings and vital signs
- Treatments already given, with doses and times
- Results of tests and imaging
- Name and contact of the referring professional
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URGENT TRANSFERS
For urgent transfers
Stabilise the patient as far as possible and call us before the transfer on (+237) 670 607 278.
- Call ahead so the team can prepare
- Send a health worker with critically ill patients
- For newborns: keep the baby warm, skin-to-skin if possible
- For obstetric emergencies: bring the partograph and booklet
COUNTER-REFERRAL
After care at YGOPH, patients return with a report for the referring professional to ensure continuity of care.
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