Kihara Sub-County Hospital Details, Services, Facilities and Contacts

Kihara Sub-County Hospital Description

Kihara Sub County Hospital is a Government health center that provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Gachie Sub-location, Kihara location, Kiambaa division, Kiambaa Constituency in Kiambu County.

Kihara Sub County Hospital Contacts

Type: Sub-County Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Kiambu East, Central
Division: Kiambaa
Location: Kihara
Sub-Location: Gachie
Constituency: Kiambaa
County: Kiambu

Address: P.O. Box 39
Postal Code: OO9OO
Town: Kiambu
Nearest Town: Nairobi

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Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 84
Number of Cots:

                                     Kihara Sub-County Hospital

Kihara Sub-County Hospital Services:

  1.  Antenatal
  2.  Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
  3.  Curative Outpatient Services
  4.  Family Planning
  5.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
  6.  Immunization
  7.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  8.  Tuberculosis Labs

Overview of Sub-County Hospitals in Kenya

Sub-County Hospitals 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 organizations (FBOs), NGOs, and private investors. Each sub-county in Kenya has several Sub-County Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral center for the smaller units.

Sub-County Hospitals are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the sub-county health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.
Sub-County 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 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 district hospital;
  7. Twenty-four-hour services;
The following clinical services are provided in Sub-County Hospitals in Kenya
  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.
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