Iten County Referral Hospital Details, Facilities and Contacts

Iten County Referral Hospital Description

Iten County Referral Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Iten Sub-location, Irong location, Kamariny Division, Keiyo North Constituency in Elgeyo-Marakwe County.

Iten County Referral Hospital Contacts

Type: County Referral Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Keiyo, Rift Valley
Division: Kamariny
Location: Irong
Sub-Location: Iten
Constituency: Keiyo North
County: Elgeyo-Marakwe

Contact In Charge: Dr Onyango
Address: P.O. Box 332
Postal Code: 3700
Town: Iten
Nearest Town: Eldoret

Email:
Landline: 5320422014
Mobile: 0726-797844
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 167
Number of Cots:

Iten County Referral Hospital Services:

                              Iten County Referral Hospital

  1.  Antenatal
  2.  Antiretroviral Therapy
  3.  Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
  4.  Caesarean Section
  5.  Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
  6.  Curative In-patient Services
  7.  Curative Outpatient Services
  8.  Family Planning
  9.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
  10.  Home-Based Care
  11.  Immunization
  12.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  13.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  14.  Rural Health Training Centre / Rural Health Demonstration Centre
  15.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  16.  Tuberculosis Labs
  17.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of County Referral Hospital in Kenya

Hospitals in Kenya are classified commonly based on the agency that owns the health facility. The players in the health sector are the Government of Kenya, which manages public health institutions, faith-based organisation (FBOs), NGOs and private investors.  Each county in Kenya has several Referral Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units.  Referral Hospitals are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.
Referral Hospital in Kenya should provide the following:
  1. Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the county;
  2. Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centres and dispensaries;
  3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centres;
  4. Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
  5. Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health centre;
  6. Training and technical supervision to health centres; as Well as a resource centre for health centres at each district hospital;
  7. Twenty-four-hour services;
The following clinical services are provided in Referral Hospitals in Kenya
  1. Obstetrics and gynaecology;
  2. Child health;
  3. Medicine;
  4. Surgery, including anaesthesia;
  5. Accident and emergency services;
  6. Non—clinical support services;
  7. Referral services;
  8. Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation and evaluation of health service programmes.
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