Kilifi Hospital Description
Kilifi District Hospital is a Government health centre located in Hospital Sub-location, Township location, Bahari Division, Bahari Constituency in Kilifi County.
Kilifi Sub County Hospital Services
- Antenatal
- Antiretroviral Therapy
- Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
- Caesarean Section
- Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
- Curative In-patient Services
- Curative Outpatient Services
- Family Planning
- Growth Monitoring and Promotion
- HIV Counselling and Testing
- Home Based Care
- Immunization
- Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
- Prevention of Mother to Child transmission of HIV
- Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
- Tuberculosis Diagnosis
- Tuberculosis Treatments
- Youth Friendly Services
Kilifi District Hospital Contacts
Kilifi District Hospital Details, Services, Facilities and Contacts
Type: District Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Kilifi, Coast
Division: Bahari
Location: Township
Sub-Location: Hospital
Constituency: Bahari
County: Kilifi
Contact In Charge: Dr Maurine Owiti Medical Superintendant
Address: P.O. Box 9
Postal Code: 801808
Town: Kilifi
Nearest Town: Kilifi
Email: kdh@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org
Landline: 041-522777
Mobile:
Fax: 041-522777
Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 172
Number of Cots: 21
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:
- Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the district;
- Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centres and dispensaries;
- Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centres;
- Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
- Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health centre;
- Training and technical supervision to health centres; as Well as resource centre for health centres at each district hospital;
- Twenty-four-hour services;
The following clinical services are provided in Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya
- Obstetrics and gynaecology;
- Child health;
- Medicine;
- Surgery, including anaesthesia;
- Accident and emergency services;
- Non—clinical support services;
- Referral services;
- Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation and evaluation of health service programmes.