St Martins' Hospital, Malindi

St Martins' Hospital, Malindi, is a 100-bed missionary community hospital in the town of Malindi, Malawi.[1]

St Martins' Hospital, Malindi
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Geography
Location
Malindi,
Mangochi District,
Southern Region,
Malawi
Organisation
Care systemMissionary
FundingCharitable
TypeCommunity
Services
Beds100
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1898; 126 years ago (1898-07-01)

Location

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The hospital is located in Malindi, a town in Mangochi District, in the Southern Region of Malawi. Malindi is located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi), by road, north of Mangochi, where the district headquarters are located.[2] This is about 215 kilometres (134 mi), by road, north of Blantyre, the largest city in Malawi's Southern Region.[3]

Overview

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This hospital is under the jurisdiction of the Lakeshore Health Department of the Diocese of Southern Malawi–Upper Shire, a component of the Church of the Province of Central Africa.[1]

St Martin’s caters to a population of approximately 40,000 people in Malindi and neighboring settlements. In addition to the hospital facilities, a mobile medical unit is available to take services to needy, distant communities.[1]

The hospital has the following departments [1]

  • Maternity Ward
  • Pediatric Ward
  • Male Ward
  • Female Ward
  • Outpatient Department
  • Operating Theatre (out of action).

History

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The hospital was founded in 1898, as a clinic, staffed by one nurse, who cared for sick missionaries and their families. Over the next five years the hospital expanded enough so that it could accommodate 305 patients per month.[1]

By 2014, the bed capacity had increased to 50 and although there was no doctor, there were five capable clinical officers and a team of nurses and patient assistants, who kept the hospital in motion. The hospital runs a daily antiretroviral clinic, as well as regular antenatal, family planning, and vaccination clinics. The operating room is used for caesarean sections, female sterilizations, hernia repairs, and incision and drainage operations.[4]

As of November 2018, the hospital had grown to 100 in-patient beds. There is currently no doctor at this hospital and it is instead run by the two Clinical Officers Mr Peter Moffat and Mr Harvey Likapa.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e The Electives Network (18 November 2018). "About St Martins' Hospital, Malindi". Newark, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom: The Electives Network. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ Globefeed.com (18 November 2018). "Distance between Mangochi, Malawi and Malindi, Malawi". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ Globefeed.com (18 November 2018). "Distance between Blantyre, Malawi and Malindi, Malawi". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ Caroline Pendleton (2014). "St Martins' Hospital, Malindi, Malawi 2014". London: Christian Medical Fellowship. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  5. ^ St Martin's Hospital Malawi (23 December 2018). "About St Martin's Hospital Malawi". Malindi, Malawi: St Martin's Hospital Malawi. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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