Mwingi Level 4 Hospital Details Details, Facilities and Contacts

Mwingi Level 4 Hospital Description

Mwingi Level 4 Hospital is a Government health center that provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. located in Mwingi Sub-location, Mwingi location, Central Division, Mwingi South Constituency in Kitui County.

Mwingi Level 4 Hospital Contacts

Type: Level 4 Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Mwingi, Eastern
Division: Central
Location: Mwingi
Sub-Location: Mwingi
Constituency: Mwingi South
County: Kitui

Address: P.O. Box 16
Postal Code: 90400
Town: Mwingi
Nearest Town: Mwingi

Email: mwingimedsupt@yahoo.com
Landline: 044-822557
Mobile:
Fax: 044-822394

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 98
Number of Cots: 9

Mwingi Level 4 Hospital Services:

                                     Mwingi Level 4 Hospital

  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.  Family Planning
  9.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
  10. HIV Counselling and Testing
  11. Home-Based Care
  12.  Immunization
  13.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  14.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  15.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
  16.  Rural Health Training Centre / Rural Health Demonstration Centre
  17. Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  18.  Tuberculosis Labs
  19.  Tuberculosis Treatments
  20.  Youth Friendly Services

Overview of Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya

  Level 4 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 county in Kenya has several County Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral center for the smaller units.

  Level 4 Hospitals are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the county health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.
  Level 4 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 Level 4 Hospitals 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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