Specialist services businesses in Zambia

The health and wellness centres in Zambia offer services in counselling to people who need advice in psychosocial counselling, premarital counselling and many more. They also offer nursing home services for the aged people who are unable to care for themselves with 24hrs staff members available. The staff members are encouraged to be friendly and make the aged feel comfortable. The work is much more than simply advising or persuading individuals to make lifestyle changes, specialist services work in a range of locations like communities, health centres, local authority buildings, hospitals, offices, and sports and fitness centres.

Specialist services support people with a range of rare and complex health conditions. They mostly involve treatments provided to patients with rare diseases such as cancers, genetic disorders or complex medical or surgical conditions.

Service providers will work to the specific needs and desired outcomes and wishes of the client and their family members to help their patients live fulfilling lives and remain independent in their own homes. They also provide care and support to patients who have to live with long-term conditions. These are health conditions in which patients need specialist advice and support in being able to live a happy and healthy life with the health condition.

Each type of doctor/nurse undergoes their own unique training and education to allow them to diagnose and treat specific diseases and conditions. Because there are so many types of doctors/nurses, most people see a primary care physician for health problems first. This doctor may then refer or recommend the person to see a specialist when they need one.

Specialists in the field of healthcare are categorised into the following groups:

• Doctors who are mainly physicians – examples include – General Physicians, Cardiologists, Nephrologist, Neurologists, Gasto-meteorologist and Endocrinologists.
• Doctors who are mainly surgeons – some example includes General Surgeon, Urologist, Orthopedicians, Neuro-surgeon and Cardiothoracic Surgeon
• Doctors who work as both physicians and surgeons – some examples are - Eye specialist, ENT specialist, Obstetrics and Gynecologist
• Doctors who mainly do diagnostics and some of the examples include pathologist, microbiologist, Geneticist and radiologist

Experts practising in the medical field without valid medical qualifications but who may have qualifications from specialist societies include podiatrists, osteopaths, physiotherapists and Dietitians.

Some of the specialist treatment services you will find here on Infobwana include:

• Fertility clinics
• Home-based care
• Nursing homes
• Therapy and Counselling

Choosing a doctor or any other health professional to help with your health care is very important. Never before have people had so many kinds of doctors and other health professionals to choose from. The relationship you have with your health professional greatly influences the health decisions you make and, ultimately, your health.