J.M. Kariuki County Referral Hospital Details, Services and Contact

J.M. Kariuki County Referral Hospital Description

J.M. Kariuki County Referral Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Matura Sub-location, Rurii location, Ol kalou Division, Ol kalou Constituency in Nyandarua County.

J.M. Kariuki County Referral Hospital Contacts

Type: Referral Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Nyandarua North, Central
Division: Ol kalou
Location: Rurii
Sub-Location: Matura
Constituency: Ol kalou
County: Nyandarua

Address: P.O. Box 221
Postal Code: 20303
Town: Olkalou
Nearest Town: Olkalau

Email:
Landline: 065-65733
Mobile: 0733-685480
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 142
Number of Cots: 41

J.M. Kariuki County Referral Hospital Services:

                   J.M. Kariuki 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.  HIV Counselling and Testing Home
  11. Based Care
  12.  Immunization
  13.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  14.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  15.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
  16.  Rural Health Training Centre / Rural Health Demonstration Centre
  17.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  18.  Tuberculosis Labs
  19.  Tuberculosis Treatments
  20.  Youth Friendly Services

Referral Hospitals 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 Referral Hospital Hospital, which is the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units.

Referral Hospital is an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents. 

Referral Hospital Hospitals in Kenya should provide the following:

  1. Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the district;
  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 Hospital Hospital 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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