Clinica Del Buen Pastor

Private Clinic The Good Shepherd

In 1998 the private clinic of the Good Shepherd, by virtue of the need for institutional growth and demand decides the incorporation of the Burn Unit (UNIQ) National and International Burn Unit your care structure.

Our Burns Unit (UNIQ) since 1987 has been devoted to comprehensive care of the adult burn patients. It features the team of professionals consisting of: clinical-infectious disease, surgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist, physical therapist. All specialists in burn.

Patients come derived from Capital Federal like the rest of the province of Bs. As. And the interior.

During his internment receive all clinical-surgical support specific to: 1) save his life, 2 °) avoid functional sequelae that limit their abilities, and 3rd) get from the aesthetic point of view the person does not lose its body image.

When the patient is discharged from hospital, continuous monitoring and treatment for Outpatients, which are also assisted children of all ages. It is here that takes significance, treatment of scars and vicious ferulaje bending areas, and physiotherapy treatment.

Jeffrey Breslau, creator of the Phoenix Foundation, a posteriori having suffered serious burns on his body said "the burn is the most serious injuries and always will be a before and after from her" In general, humans can "hide" under their clothes, all signs of external physical aggression, except the face and hands, perhaps for that reason is that we think that the incidence of burns is much less than what is known. In our country-scald injuries account for about 5% of all injuries considering that the data are not reliable because many are undeclared. To this fact we add the extensive territory, and the lack of specialized centers and trained personnel, understand the importance of this pathology Under the slogan "prevention is better than cure" and own "prevention is cure, prevent and cure is UNIQ "Our unit continuously develops prevention campaigns intended to raise awareness of the importance of this concept