Isolation Unit

Isolation Unit

Date established: 2011 Main Objective:

The main aim of Isolation Unit is to prevent the spread of communicable disease among clients by isolating diagnosed/suspected infected patients in a secure environment.

Services Offered:

 Comprehensive isolation care for infected clients.  Protective isolation for severely immunocompromised patients.  Source isolation to confine the infectious agent and prevent it’s spread.  Training of in-house staff, visiting medical, nursing and allied health students in management of isolated clients.

 In the year 2020, the Isolation Unit’s primary function was in the management of Covid-19. You may read about it ‘NIMH Covid Response.