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The Directorate of Police Medical Services provides medical
support for police operations in all of its locations and at
all times. It is responsible for the health and medical care
for ROP employees, their families and children and for some
proper police and security organs. It provides forensic
medicine services and air ambulance services. It also covers
field operations (first aid to citizens) during National Day
ceremonies and the different national celebrations. It also
provides medical examination for new recruits and provides
medical treatment services to prisoners and detained persons.
The ROP Department of Medical Services is considered to be an
integrated and complete unit. It is composed of the ROP
Hospital and three clinics. One of these clinics is located at
the Central Prison at Al Manuma; the second clinic is at the
Police Academy, while the third is at (Arzat Prison) in the
Governorate of Dhofar. All its units work in unison and
harmony. The ROP Hospital and the other clinics have
consultant physicians and specialists in the different fields
of medicine (internal medicine, general surgery, pediatrics,
obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, forensic medicine etc).
It has radiology, nursing, physiotherapy and medical guidance.
The Police hospital has (48) beds for adults and (12) beds for
minors. It provides its services through out-patient clinics
and a number of internal wards (Internal medicine, general
surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology).
Some of the most important sections of the police hospital
include:
The Forensic Medicine Section: It
is the only section of its type in the Sultanate. It provides
its services through the examination of criminal cases in the
outpatient and then moves for direct inspection in the case of
a report of a criminal case. It prepares and issues its
technical expert opinion in the criminal cases. It also keeps
direct and embalms dead bodies as a result of criminal acts.
It participates in teaching and delivering lectures on
forensic medicine at Sultan Qaboos University and the Police
Academy.
Pathology, Laboratory and Blood Bank Section: This section is
headed by a consultant in pathology and includes a number of
Omani graduates. The Laboratory was provided with state of the
art equipment linked with the computer. It greatly facilitates
the work of its physicians who are in apposition to
immediately know the results the moment they appear on the
computer.
Radiology Section: A consultant radiologist heads this section
with wide experience in the field of radiology and X-rays. The
section has a number of Omani graduates. All equipments were
replaced with sophisticated equipment, which include cross
sectional X-rays.
Dental Section: This section includes a consultant physician
and three other Omani physicians. It provides treatment
services in the outpatient clinic and performs some operations
as needed.
Operations Section: It includes three specialists in
anesthesia and nurses, specializing in the field of
operations, general surgery operations, obstetrics, gastroscopy and dental operations.
Medical Guidance and Training Section: Medical guidance is
always provided for patients coming for treatment during daily
tours and examination of patients including sick prisoners.
Lectures are regularly delivered in order to educate and
increase the awareness of ROP employees about contagious and
endemic diseases at the different ROP headquarters and
directorates. Internal training courses are also organized for
the employees of this department. Courses in the field of
first aid are also organized for ROP personnel at the
different ROP formations. This section also supervises the
sports activities of the directorate and organizes
participation and competition in different sports activities
organized by ROP Sports Union. |
