CHL, a well-equipped health facility in Kairouan

Newly created, the maternity of the CHL polyclinic has the latest technical platform that meets the specific needs of every futur mother and of the newborn. It contains :

• 17 rooms
• A unit of newborns of 5 posts
• 3 delivery rooms ...

The CHL resuscitation department is responsible for surgical, medical and neonatal resuscitation and also has a Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.

This unit is equipped with 8 beds including 2 isolation beds, respirators, complete hemodynamic and respiratory monitoring, etc, allowing the good recovery of the hospitalized patient.

The day hospital

Our Day Hospital structure accommodates patients requiring outpatient surgery that requires a hospital stay of less than 12 hours without overnight accommodation.

We also welcome patients undergoing diagnostic investigations, such as endoscopies. This unit includes :

• 4 spacious hospital rooms (2 beds each) and a toilet.
• A unit of endoscopy and functional explorations (colonoscopy, digestive fibroscopy, pulmonary, urological ...)
• Two operating rooms for ambulatory surgery
• A unit of non-invasive cardiac explorations (cardiac Doppler ultrasound, ETO, ETT, effort test, rhythmic holter, MAPA ...)

Soon, a unit of ophthalmological explorations (Retinal angiography, Lazer, Phaco, OCT ...) will be created to ensure a better management of diseases of the eye.

The Polyclinic HL is equipped with top-end medical imaging equipment :

• A scanner
• A color doppler ultrasound
• A bone-lung table
• Digital Radiology Unit
• Cardiovascular ultrasound
• Mobile radiology unit

Endoscopy unit

The endoscopy unit of the polyclinic HL allows :

• Fibroscopy (digestive and bronchial)
• Colonoscopy
• Adult and pediatric bronchial endoscopy
• Bronchial exploration
• Urological exploration

The endoscopy unit is equipped with a column of digestive video-endoscopy latest generation that allows the practice of fibroscopy, colonoscopy and interventional endoscopy. This device also allows the virtual coloration of some suspicious lesions thus helping to their diagnosis.

For efficient patient management, the polyclinic HL allows two types of cardiovascular exploration :

Non-invasive cardiac explorations

• Doppler echocardiography color of rest and stress
• High-end ultrasound Doppler 3D heart rate
• Transesophageal (ETO) and Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
• Effort testing
• Rhythmic Holter
• Blood pressure Holter

Invasive cardiac explorations

• A cardiac catheterization room for interventional cardiology examinations
• Innova 2100 (GE) machine, with automatic injector
• An intra-aortic counter-drive machine
• An external pacemaker
• Defibrillator

The emergency center

The emergency center includes an examination room and a room of decay for the care and conditioning of polytraumatic patients. The decay room is fully equipped with a respirator, a network monitoring, electric syringes, ECG and many other equipment needed to manage medical emergencies.