Karatina Hospital Details, Services, Facilities, and Contacts

Karatina Hospital Description

Karatina Hospital is a Government health centre located in Kiharo Sub-location, Konyu location, Mathira Division, Mathira Constituency in Nyeri County.

Karatina Hospital Contacts

Type: District Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Nyeri North, Central
Division: Mathira
Location: Konyu
Sub-Location: Kiharo
Constituency: Mathira
County: Nyeri

Address: P.O. Box 133
Postal Code: 10100
Town: Karatina
Nearest Town: Karatina

Email:
Landline: 061-72070
Mobile:
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 216
Number of Cots: 12

Karatina District Hospital Services:

Karatina Hospital Details, Services, Facilities, and Contacts

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
11.  Home 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.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
17.  Tuberculosis Labs
18.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of Level 4 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.

Level 4 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 resource centre for health centres at each district hospital;
7. Twenty-four-hour services;

The following clinical services are provided in Level 4 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.