Rachuonyo Level 4 Hospital Description, Services, Facilities and Contacts

Rachuonyo Level 4 Hospital Description

Rachuonyo Level 4 Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Kamuma Sub-location, Kowidi location, Kasipul Division, Kasipul Kabondo Constituency in Homa Bay County.

Rachuonyo Level 4 Hospital Contacts

Type: District Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Rachuonyo, Nyanza
Division: Kasipul
Location: Kowidi
Sub-Location: Kamuma
Constituency: Kasipul Kabondo
County: Homa Bay

Address: 42
Postal Code: 40222
Town: Oyugis
Nearest Town: Oyugis Town

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Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 66
Number of Cots: 1

Rachuonyo Level 4 Hospital Services:

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  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.  Immunization
  12. Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  13.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  14.  Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
  15. Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  16.  Tuberculosis Labs
  17.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya

Hospitals in Kenya 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 organisation (FBOs), NGOs and private investors. Each county in Kenya has several Level 4 Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units.
Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the district 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 centres and dispensaries;
  3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centres;
  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 centre;
  6. Training and technical supervision to health centres; as well as a resource centre for health centres at each district hospital;
  7. Twenty-four-hour services;
The following clinical services are provided in Level 4 Hospitals in Kenya
  1. Obstetrics and gynaecology;
  2. Child health;
  3. Medicine;
  4. Surgery, including anaesthesia;
  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 programmes.
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