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
Geography
Location
Malindi,
Mangochi District,
Southern Region,
Malawi
Organisation
Care systemMissionary
TypeGeneral
Services
Beds100
History
OpenedJuly 1, 1898 (1898-07-01)

Location

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

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

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]

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See also

References
  1. 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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