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KAP
Community Hospital
The KAP hospital is essentially focused
on secondary health care right now. Facilities available at the Acorn Community
Hospital include: In and Out Patient treatment, basic operational procedures
(such as hernia, caesarean section, mastectomy, laperotomy), basic laboratory testing
facility (for
 conditions such as TB, malaria, typhoid, anaemia), STI treatment,
mother and child health care, and a mortuary, as well as having gardens that
produce food for the hospital, and water tanks and a well for provision of
water. The vegetables grown at the Hospital are Sukuma wiki, cabbage, carrots,
onions, maize, beans and amaranth. Future crops grown on unused ground could
increase the volume produced, and fruit trees are a possibility for future
sustainability. Bee hives and chickens are held as income generators as well as
food supply for the hospital. In co-operation with a nurse from
another heath clinic, KAP offers VCT every Tuesday.
Outreach Clinic
An Outreach Clinic is currently run on
the last Tues of every month to the village of Sibugo, which is approximately a
45 minute walk away from the Hospital. The clinic deals with mother and child
health care including the full KEPI vaccination programme. It is hoped to run further outreach
clinics, with one planned for the second Tues of every month at Sibuoche,
depending on current coverage by other agencies. There is scope to include
outreach services incorporated into the role of the proposed community / school
nurse.
Future developments
Possible future developments include:
- Employing a community/school nurse
- Updating the laboratory (sharps
boxes, free TB reagent and blood transfusion)
- Providing more diagnostic services
(like Ultrasound)
- An integrated approach to HIV
prevention and care (Home based care, Education, STI management, Seminars,
working together with Traditional Birth Attendants, VCT, training of staff)
- A greater emphasis being placed on
health education and primary health care
- Providing a small shop at the
hospital to sell mosquito nets and insecticide
- Commencing a deworming program
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