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 Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:05 am Post subject: HEALTHCARE IN MAURITIUS / MAURITIUS HOSPITAL GUIDE |
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HEALTHCARE IN MAURITIUS
GENERAL
As of 1999, there were an estimated 0.9 physicians and 3.1 hospital beds per 1,000 people. In the same year total healthcare expenditure was estimated at 3.4% of GDP. In 2000, 100% of the population of Mauritius had access to safe water and 100% had adequate sanitation.
The average life expectancy in Mauritius in 2000 was 72 years and the infant mortality rate was 16 per 1,000 live births. As of 2002, the crude birth rate and overall mortality rate were estimated at 16.34 and 6.8 per 1,000 people respectively. The maternal mortality rate was 50 per 100,000 live births in 1998. As of 2000, 75% of married women (ages 15 to 49) were using contraception.
According to World Health Organisation reports, 5.3% of children 3–6 years of age were anemic in 1995. Immunisation rates for 1997 for children up to one year old were: diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, 89%, and measles, 85%.
The island of Mauritius has a high prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes. Physical inactivity and glucose intolerance through obesity are suggested culprits.
The high rates of coronary heart disease seen in Asian Indians, African-origin Creoles, and Chinese in this rapidly developing country may point to future problems in this region. Most deaths are cardiovascular-disease related. In the mid-1990s, almost half (47.2%) of Mauritius's male population smoked. At the end of 2001 the number of people living with HIV/AIDS was estimated at 700 (including 0.1% of the adult population). HIV prevalence in 1999 was 0.08 per 100 adults.
DIRECTORY OF HOSPITALS & CLINICS
City Clinic
Sir Edgar Laurent Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 220 486
Clinique Darne
Medical & Surgical Centre Ltd
Rue Georges Guibert
Floreal
Mauritius
Tel: +230 686 1477
Fax: +230 696 3612
Clinique de Lorette
Higgingson Street
Curepipe
Mauritius
Tel: +230 675 2911
Clinique du Nord
81 Royal Road
Baie du Tombeau
Mauritius
Tel: +230 247 2532
Doctor R.A.G. Jeetoo Hospital
Volcy Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 212 3201 / 8958
Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital
Rose Belle
Mauritius
Tel: +230 627 4951
Mahebourg Hospital
Mahebourg
Mauritius
Tel: +230 631 9556 / 9692
Medisave Medical Centre
29 Saint Jean Road
Quatre Bornes
Mauritius
Tel: +230 427 7000
Fax: +230 424 1538
Moka Eye Hospital
Moka
Mauritius
Tel: +230 433 4015
Nouvelle Clinique du Bon Pasteur
Thorny Pitot Street
Rose Hill
Mauritius
Tel: +230 464 7238
Fax: +230 454 0632
Princess Margaret Orthopaedic Hospital
(Victoria Hospital)
Candos
Mauritius
Tel: +230 425 3031 / 7693
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam National Hospital
Pamplemousses
Mauritius
Tel: +230 243 3661 / 3740 |
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