Muthale Mission Hospital Description

Muthale Mission Hospital is a private hospital 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. It is located in Kitui county’s hilly terrain of Mutonguni.

The hospital is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Kitui which dedicated the hospital to love and service of the sick and the needy in their surrounding population. The Hospital serves around 100,000 people; as patients and employees. The story of Muthale hospital started in 1948 when it was a dispensary headed by the Franciscan Sisters for Africa. Under the same leadership it was upgraded to a hospital hence taking the name Muthale mission Hospital. In 1993 the management of the hospital was handed to the Little Sisters of St. Francis Congregation.

With a bed capacity of 80 beds in the in-patient department, we are able to give the best services to our clients, both in and outpatient. Our diagnostic team is well trained and experienced to handle any situation. The Hospital also offer other quality services in the out-patient department like our Maternal Child Health package, Out based Aids, Home Based Care, and our Comprehensive Care Clinic; we are able to serve our community psychologically and medically.

Vision

Our vision is providing timely, quality, affordable and Christian health care.

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Mission

Our mission is to exhibit Christ-likeness in health care provision to the community.

Core Values

1. Caring
2. Commitment
3. Professionalism
4. Team work
5. Integrity

Muthale Mission Hospital Services

Inpatient

Inpatient facilities include:

1. Fully equipped male and female wards
2. 24 hour Maternity ward
3. Children ward
4. Modern amenity

Out Patient

Outpatient services are quality and well equipped with all requirements. this services include:

1. Home based care
2. X-ray
3. ultrasound
4. laboratory
5. pharmacy
6. family planning
7. Medical consulting

Muthale Mission Hospital Contacts

Type: Mission Hospitals
Owner: Kenya Episcopal Conference-Catholic Secretariat
Status: Operational
Province: Eastern
County: Kitui
District: Kitui West, Kitui
Division: Mutonguni
Location: Tulia
Sub-Location: Tulia
Constituency: Kitui West

Nearest Town: Tulia
Adrees: PO Box 532-90200 Kitui Kenya
Phone: 0203581723
Mobile: +254717794047
Email: muthalehospitalcdk@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.muthalehospital.org

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 78
Number of Cots: 2

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.