Eldama Ravine Sub-County Referral Hospital Description

Eldama Ravine District Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. Its located in Eldama Ravine Sub-location, Eldama Ravine location, Eldama Ravine Division, Eldama Ravine Constituency in Baringo County.

Eldama Ravine Sub-County Referral Hospital Hospital Contacts

Type: Sub-County Referral Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Koibatek, Rift Valley
Division: Eldama Ravine
Location: Eldama Ravine
Sub-Location: Eldama Ravine
Constituency: Eldama Ravine
County: Baringo

Address: P.O. Box 102
Postal Code: 20103
Town: Eldama Ravine
Nearest Town: Eldama Ravine

Email: deldamaravine@yahoo.com
Landline: 051-752122
Mobile: 0722-128584
Fax: 051-752122

Status: Operational
Number of Beds: 72
Number of Cots: 2

Eldama Ravine Sub-County Referral Hospital Services:

                     Eldama Ravine Sub-County Referral

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 Treatments

Overview of Sub-County Hospitals in Kenya

Sub-County Referral Hospital 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 Sub-County Referral Hospitals, which are the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units.

Sub-County Referral Hospitals are the first referral hospital and form an integral part of the district health system. They are managed by medical superintendents.

Sub-County Referral Hospitals in Kenya should provide the following:

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 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

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.