Jamaa Mission Hospital Description

Jamaa Mission Hospital  It is run by Sisters of Our Lady of Charity that provides comprehensive medical and surgical services and facilities in aligning with the requirements of the Department of Health Service Support of Public Health Ministry.

Jamaa Mission Hospital has grown from a humble beginning as a girl child facility and has now expanded to a fully 24 hour equivalent to a District hospital of level four rating. It is well equipped with state of the art facilities, with over 40 qualified doctors, and over 50 nurses. Jamaa Mission Hospital has a bed capacity of 85 beds catering for maternity, paediatric, medical & surgical cases both male and female.

The hospital is open to the general public giving the required various health services, it is situated in Uhuru Estate, Eastlands area of Nairobi, six kilometres from the city centre. The catchment area has a population of approximately 250,000 people with almost 25% of the sick people visiting the hospital.

Jamaa Mission Hospital Contacts

P.O. Box 17153-00510, Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel : +254 20 778 65 47 Tel / +254 20 778 70 33
Cell:  +254 733 53 53 54 / +254 725 22 14 56 / +254 722 68 15 34
Email: jamaa@edelvaletrust.org
Web: http://www.edelvaletrust.org/

Jamaa Mission Hospital Services

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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.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
9.  HIV Counselling and Testing
10.  Immunization
11. Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
12.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
13.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
14.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
15.  Tuberculosis Labs
16.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of Mission Hospital in Kenya

The missionaries played a very key role in the provision of healthcare in Kenya before independence which led to the establishment of mission hospitals that have continued to serve the Kenyan population to date. Mission hospitals are faith-based institutions that provide health care. These hospitals were established by Christian missionaries.

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 centers and dispensaries;
3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centers;
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 center;
6. Training and technical supervision to health centers; as well as a resource center for health centers at each Mission hospital;
7. Twenty-four-hour services;

1. Obstetrics and gynecology;
2. Child health;
3. Medicine;
4. Surgery, including anesthesia;
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 programs.