Kitui County Referral Hospital Description
Kitui County Referral Hospital is a County Hospital which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Township Sub-location, Township location, Central Division, Kitui Central Constituency in Kitui County.
Kitui County Referral Hospital Contacts
Categories: County Referral Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Kitui, Eastern
Division: Central
Location: Township
Sub-Location: Township
Constituency: Kitui Central
County: Kitui
Nearest Town: Kitui
Physical Location: Kitui Central
Postal Address: P.O. Box 22, Kitui 90200
Telephone: 044-4422341
Email: dmsokitui@gmail.com
Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 200
Number of Cots: 44
Kitui County Referral Hospital Services
Kitui County Referral Hospital
The standards of service that we provide within this facility are guided by the following principles:
♦ A comprehensive service that is available to all without discrimination;
♦ Access to services based on need;
♦ Designing services that are accessible to all persons without exclusion or discrimination;
♦ Excellence, integrity and professionalism for quality health service delivery;
♦ Efficient and effective service delivery system;
♦ People-centred health care system that puts clients at the heart of the service we provide;
♦ Providing the best care possible within available resources;
♦ Upholding our professional ethics as healthcare providers and accountable to you as the clients we serve;
♦ Working with communities to empower them to take charge of their own health;
♦ Continuous learning and improvement of our systems to better the services we provide;
♦ Participatory management approaches where teamwork is encouraged– working collectively in the health facility and with clients, families, communities and other players for continued improvement of
our health services.
Efficient and effective service delivery system
♦ People- centered health care system that puts clients at the heart of the service we provide;
♦ Providing the best care possible within available resources;
♦ Upholding our professional ethics as healthcare providers and accountable to you as the clients we serve;
♦ Working with communities to empower them to take charge of their own health;
♦ Continuous learning and improvement of our systems to better the services we provide;
♦ Participatory management approaches where teamwork is encouraged– working collectively in the health facility and with clients, families, communities and other players for continued improvement of our health services.
These services include:
♦ Antenatal
♦ Antiretroviral Therapy
♦ Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
♦ Caesarean Section
♦ Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
♦ Curative Outpatient Services
♦ Family Planning
♦ Growth Monitoring and Promotion
♦ HIV Counselling and Testing
♦ Immunization
♦ Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
♦ Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
♦ Tuberculosis Diagnosis
♦ Tuberculosis Labs
♦ Tuberculosis Treatments
Overview of Referral Hospital in Kenya
Referral Hospital is an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.
Referral 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;
- 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.