Healthcare services at Rushere
Rushere Community Hospital provides a wide range of health services from its base in the town of Rushere, and from 12 government health units within the area.
Services can be broken down into a number of areas:
Medical facilities and services
Malaria
This is a particular problem in the rainy season. Sometimes there are as many as 50 children undergoing treatment.
HIV/AIDS
Rushere’s Antiretroviral (ART) Clinic provides counselling, testing and anti-retroviral drugs. Modern laboratory equipment has been installed and the clinic can handle diagnostic procedures for HIV/AIDS.
Read more about the HIV Clinic here...
Maternity Care
Maternity provides the following services:
- Antenatal care
- Family planning
- Immunisations
- Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
- Deliveries
- Post-abortal care
- Oral administration of niverapine tablets for mothers with HIV, and syrup for their babies
- Admissions and general nursing care for other related illnesses in pregnancy
Approximately 64 patients are seen per day:
- Antenatal care – 26
- Immunisation – 10
- Admissions (including deliveries) – 5
- Family planning – 3
- PMTCT – 20
Dental Unit
A variety of dental procedures are available, including scaling, extractions, polishing, wiring and filling.
Optician
Our centre provides eye tests, treatment and glasses.
Surgery
We have a large theatre building with two operating rooms. Unfortunately, only one room is functional - the other room currently lacks an operating table.
A wide range of operations have taken place at Rushere, including:
- Caesarean sections
- Subtotal hysterectomy
- Anaetomosis of gut e.g in cases of intestinal obstruction
Support is needed for the Operating Theatre to provide the following:
- Four oxygen concentrators
- Resuscitation equipment, especially for babies
- An EMOC machine
- More operation sets e.g for caesarean, hernia and hysterectomy
- Theatre lamps
- Additional training in surgical skills and procedures, including prostatectomy, vaginal hysterectomy, nepthrectomy, total hysterectomy and cosmetic procedures eg. Cleft repairs and escharectomy
Non-medical facilities
These include:
Guest House
Provides accommodation for up to 22 guests and conference facilities.
Multi-purpose Hall/Chapel (nearing completion)
This will provide a home for the Daily Morning Services, and will be available for all sorts of functions.