To achieve the Department’s objectives, the under listed programs were pursued at the hospital during the quarter under review.
During this quarter, Ninety-one (91) cases were handled. Out of this number, fifty-nine (59) male and thirty-two (32) female clients were attended to. The breakdown is as follows
| NO. | SERVICES RENDERED | MALE | FEMALE | TOTAL | |
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Counseling of patients and relatives | 27 | 18 | 45 | |
| 2. | Medico social report written | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 3. | Contact with relatives/tribal head/employer | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 4. | Recommendation for free treatment | – | – | – | |
| 5. | Assisted to pay bills | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 6. | Discharged to CDI or institutional care | – | – | – | |
| 7. | Community/foster are arranged | – | – | – | |
| 8. | Referred to community health for supervision | – | – | – | |
| 9. | Supplied clothing | – | – | – | |
| 10. | Referred to other agencies | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 11. | Collection of salaries etc. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 13. | Subsistence/travel & transport | – | – | – | |
| 14. | Advice on disability | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Dead Persons | |||||
| 15. | Relatives traced for collection and burial | – | – | ||
| 16. | Recommended for pauper burial | – | – | ||
| HIV/STD Cases | |||||
| 19. | Discharged of relatives | – | – | ||
| 20. | Discharged to other institution/home etc | – | – | ||
| 21. | Contact tracing (std) | – | – | ||
| 22. | Undertaking to pay m/bills | – | – | ||
| 23. | Tracing Absconded Patients | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 24. | Referred to DSW field staff | – | – | ||
| 25. | Counseling and reintegration of psychiatric patients | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 26. | Home visits | – | – | ||
| 27. | Others (specify) | ||||
| TOTAL | 59 | 32 | 91 | ||
Counseling / Social Education with clients and significant others
Forty- five (45) Clients/Patients and their caregivers were educated and counseled on their treatment processes and their financial obligations. We also educated them on how deposit works. We made them understood that they are to commence mobilizing for funds ahead of time to enable them settle the medical bills after the patients are been discharged.
This information is usually given to patients and their caregivers as soon as they are admitted to prevent misunderstanding and frustration after the patient is discharged.
Contact with relatives / Significant others
Eight (8) client families were reached by social workers during our daily rounds at the wards through home visits. The relatives were encouraged and appealed to support the clients/ patients financially and emotionally.
Advice on Disability
Seven (7) male and a female clients/patients were counseled by the unit before the surgical intervention as well as the prognosis.
Series of counseling sessions was held to help him understand that he could still live a normal live with artificial aids and that disability is not inability.
Assisted to collect salaries / Entitlement
Seven (7) male and female clients/ patients were assisted in several ways. Some were accompanied to withdraw money from the bank. This is to enable them settle their medical bills and other expenses at the hospital. Payment of medical bills was done for those who are not having caregivers or relatives by them.
Undertaking
There was no undertaking made from the social welfare unit.