Uasin Gishu County Hospital Details, Services, Facilities and Contacts

Uasin Gishu County Hospital Description

Uasin Gishu County Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services.  It is located in Chepkoilel Sub-location, Chepkoilel location, Moiben Division, Eldoret East Constituency in Uasin Gishu County.

Uasin Gishu County Hospital Contacts

Type: County Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Eldoret East, Rift Valley
Division: Moiben
Location: Chepkoilel
Sub-Location: Chepkoilel
Constituency: Eldoret East
County: Uasin Gishu

Contact In Charge: Dr.Nabila Medical Superintendant
Address: 542
Postal Code:
Town: Eldoret
Nearest Town: Eldoret

Email: ugdh@yahoo.com
Landline:
Mobile:
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 8
Number of Cots: 0

Uasin Gishu County Hospital Services:

                            Uasin Gishu County Hospital

  1.  Antenatal
  2.  Antiretroviral Therapy
  3.  Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
  4.  Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
  5.  Curative Outpatient Services
  6.  Family Planning
  7.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
  8.  HIV Counselling and Testing
  9.  Home-Based Care
  10. Immunization
  11.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
  12.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
  13.  Rural Health Training Centre / Rural Health Demonstration Centre
  14.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
  15.  Tuberculosis Labs
  16.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of County 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 County Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units. County Hospitals in Kenya are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents. 
 County 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 County 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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