Mutomo Mission Hospital Description

Mutomo Mission Hospital is a medium size non-profit Misson, a secondary 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 Kawelu Sub-location, Kibwea location, Mutomo Division, Kitui South Constituency in Kitui County.

Mutomo hospital was established in 1964 subsequent to an invitation by the then Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Kitui, to the Sisters of Mercy from Ireland, to establish health care services for the people of Mutomo. Since then the hospital has continued to offer promotive, preventive, and curative services to the people within its catchment area and beyond. The hospital has gradually developed and expanded and today it has a capacity of 124 beds with more than 100 employees.

Since 1997, the hospital enjoys the support from the Swedish/Scandinavian doctor’s bank which ensures that the dental services are continued throughout the year and that the general health care services receive the support of either a general practitioner or a surgeon. The hospital also partners with AMREF for clinical and technical support as well as flying doctors’ services.

The catchment population served by the hospital is close to 200,000. The challenges presenting at Mutomo hospital on a daily basis highlight the tremendous difficulties of the catchment population threatened by poverty, hunger, and disease – each compounding the other.

The hospital in its own right, as the only hospital in Mutomo District, serves as a referral hospital for the district health facilities. It is uniquely positioned to provide this service to a wide area in the region and it is recommended that every effort be made to ensure that the healthcare services are self-sustainable.

Mutomo Mission Hospital Contacts

                          Mutomo Mission Hospital

Type: Other Hospital
Owner: Kenya Episcopal Conference-Catholic Secretariat
Status: Operational
District: Mutomo, Eastern
Division: Mutomo
Location: Kibwea
Sub-Location: Kawelu
Constituency: Kitui South
County: Kitui

Address: P.O. Box 16
Postal Code: 90201
Nearest Town: Mutomo

Email: Hospitalmutomo@yahoo.co.uk
Landline:
Mobile: 0735-327268
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 124
Number of Cots: 0

Mutomo Mission Hospital Services

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.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
9.  HIV Counselling and Testing
10.  Home-Based Care
11.  Immunization
12.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
13.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
14.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
15.  Tuberculosis Labs
16.  Tuberculosis Treatments

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.