Medicine / Nursing volunteers in coastal Mombasa.

The hospital itself has 3 doctors, 3 nurses 1 laboratory technician, 1 pharmacist and other auxiliary/domestic staff totalling 12. Presently it serves between 25-40 patients per day. It offers 24 hour medical services, which is much needed with the local community. It has 7 in-patients beds arranged over 2 wards, including a delivery suite, recovery room. Additionally it has within the building an examination room, ‘injection room’ (treatment room), laboratory, which includes the testing of AIDS, malaria, typhoid, tuberculosis, diabetes and other general diseases, aliments. It also has 1 theatre which performs all surgery including emergency operations, such as road traffic accidents. The clinic itself incorporates all variations of medicine; urology, obstetrics and gynaecology, gastrology, ENT, and paediatrics, eye testing, and anti-natal clinics.  Including implementing national health screening/immunization programs, family planning objectives, local & national health promotion, health education, emergency medicine, diagnosis and treatment of patients (mainly tropical diseases), however many patients have the secondary complication of HIV/AIDS which has a  prevalence rate of up to 20% within the area. The clinic itself is very well supplied having electric and water and medical equipment including suctioning, oxygenation, nebuliser therapy and sterilization, autoclave machine; it additionally has an onsite pharmacy dispensary. The volunteer could be as flexible as they need as the hospital operates 24 hours, but, if wanted work 9-5, Mon - Fri. You will be most welcomed by all of the patients, including the staff who are very experienced within there field. You can achieve as much as you aspire to, depending on your experience. 

This placement would suit all multi-disciplinary within the medical profession from students to experienced doctors as the staff are very helpful and will accommodate the responsibilities to your limitations.
Accommodation can be arranged with a local host family on a secure private estate close to the town. Volunteers would have private room / shower and the run of house and garden. The higher standard of a accommodation with this one is why it is priced slightly higher. All Meals included. We alternatively can offer local hotel accommodation at additional cost within walking distance of this placement.
The owner of this hospital has a second clinic where volunteers can also work. This is in a good location and would suit medics looking for a hand on placement within the city of Mombasa. This would be a much busier environment that our rural clinic Mombasa placement.

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