Plateau Mission Hospital Description

Plateau Mission Hospital is a Private Hospital & Nursing Home 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 Kaptagat-Eldama Ravine Road Uasin Gishu County.

Plateau Mission Hospital Contacts

Categories: Private Hospitals & Nursing Homes
County: Uasin Gishu
Physical Location: Off Kaptagat-Eldama Ravine Road
Postal Address: P.O. Box 724, Eldoret 30100
Telephone: 0720-870721, 0716-605055
Email: plateauhospital@yahoo.com

Plateau Mission Hospital Services

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1. Antenatal
2. Antiretroviral Therapy
3. Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
4. Caesarean Section
5. Curative In-patient Services
6. Curative Outpatient Services
7. Family Planning
8. Growth Monitoring and Promotion
9. Immunization
10. Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
11. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
12. Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
13. Tuberculosis Diagnosis
14. Tuberculosis Labs
15. Tuberculosis Treatments
16. Youth Friendly Services

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.