SLEEP MEDICINE/
NON-INVASIVE VENTILATION

The respiratory sleep disorders clinic (RSDC) is held every Friday afternoon. The overall objective of the RSDC is to provide an investigative service for the assessment and treatment of patients with known or suspected respiratory sleep disorders. Work on a sleep laboratory or sleep lab was completed on October 2006 and it is located near the respiratory clinic. Inside the sleep lab, a sleep technologist work station occupies the middle space next to an air-conditioned patient room. The patient room is equipped with a reading light, intercom and a television. A portable oxygen concentrator is also available for patients who need supplemental oxygen during a sleep study. A store room inside the sleep lab keeps CPAP, BiPAP and various interfaces. The sleep lab was officially opened on March 30, 2007 by the then Sabah State Health Director Datuk Dr Rahimah Mohd Said.

The first full overnight polysomnography was performed in the sleep lab on December 15, 2006. Polysomnography can now be performed every night if needed. All sleep studies are scored by two full-time sleep technologists and then reviewed by a respiratory physician with the patients during follow up. The RSDC does not rely on computer-generated scoring.

Datuk Dr Rahimah officially opened the sleep lab.

Datuk Dr Rahimah and various Heads of Department inspecting the patient room where sleep study is performed.

A sleep technologist at the work station inside the sleep lab scoring a sleep study.