Originally a mission
hospital, which developed from a clinic service,
It is a 184-bed
hospital, which is split into 6 wards (labour,
female surgical, paediatrics, male, female medical
and isolation wards). There is also a therapy department, a radiography
department with x-ray and ultrasound machines, a pharmacy and a laboratory,
as well as a dentist and social workers. The hospital runs 8 clinics in a catchment area of 100 x 30km. The Outpatients
department (OPD) serves as a doctor's waiting room during the day and also a
24-hour emergency department. Most of the time there are between 5 and 8
doctors employed by the hospital. This number includes community service
doctors.
Patients come
from all parts of the district. Some present directly to the hospital, some
are referred from local GPs and some from the residential clinics organized
by the hospital around the region. Whilst most patients are treated in
Mseleni, some cases require more specialist attention and are referred to any
of a number of other larger hospitals, being transported by road or air.
Despite no longer
being a mission hospital, it is still run in the same way. There is a strong
Christian ethos--many of the staff are Bible believing Christians, and ward
prayers are held every weekday where a local preacher brings the word of God. |
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Mseleni Hospital Mission Statement
We are committed to deliver holistic, high quality, comprehensive health care
to our community through preventative, promotive,
curative and rehabilative levels of primary health
care promoting personal development and health of both worker and community
member.
Umgomongqangi
Sizibophelezele ekuletheleni
umphakhathi wakithi ezempilo eziseqophelweni eliphezulu ngokuba sigqugquzela ukuvikelwa kwezifo, ukulashwa kwezifo kanye nokukhuthaza
izindlela ezifanele zokuziphatha. Sizokhuthaza intuthuko yomuntu ngomuntu kanye nempilo enhle yabasebenzi
kanye nomphakathi wonke.
Last Updated July 2010. The Webmaster