Volunteer Nursing in Mombasa Hospital, Kenya, Africa, Nursing overseas


		Small hospital in Mombasa town requires medical volunteers. Nurses, doctors, students welcome. The hospital is located on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue, central in city of Mombasa, Kenya's second largest city. Mombasa is a busy city due being the major seaport for import and export, supplying not only Kenya but is the largest port of commerce for the east coast of Africa. The city itself is a mixture of old and new, from beautifully placed colonial buildings, to the modern city sky scrappers. Located between 2 exceptional beaches, with miles white sand, fringed with the beautiful serene Indian Ocean, it is breathtaking and has a lasting impression. However being a ’developing’ country, Mombasa is still faced with the poverty that is rife throughout Kenya, which is evident in the day to day living. At this hospital, the doctors and his staff have served the much needed underprivileged community for years and is one of the more reputable hospitals within the area.
		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. The sister clinic to this one that volunteers also work can be located HERE. Under the same ownership and based on the same accommodation.
		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.
		It is usually said of Kenya that, “A visit to Kenya without a stop at Mombasa is no visit to Kenya” The city is a wash with activities ranging from a swimming to basking on the white sandy beaches. For a memorable swim, a trip to Kisite Marine Park would make Kenya a person’s favorite get a way destination. Imagine tasking a swim on a perfectly white sandy island at the middle of nowhere. Mombasa is surrounded with a number animal parks including Tsavo National park that is three hours away. Shimba hills game reserve where some of the biggest elephants in the world are found is also a couple of kilometers away from the city. For nature lovers, there are loads of aquatic flora and fauna, and topography to marvel at. The southern coast of Mombasa is full of lagoons to snorkel in as well as a visit to the Mangrove swamps where you can canoe and spot the crocodiles! In Mombasa the party never stops for the out going people. (We can add on a Safari when you are in Kenya. You don't have to book in advance if you have not made your mind up.) Superior Host Family Accommodation close to Mombasa beaches.

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