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Images from our Referral Hospital's ongoing cardiology clinic. The exercise benefits both adults and children who are su...
18/03/2023

Images from our Referral Hospital's ongoing cardiology clinic. The exercise benefits both adults and children who are suffering from heart-related complications. All patients are charged nothing for this service.

SUCCESSFUL STORY OF THE FIRST THORACIC SURGERY IN GARISSA.Mohamed Bare Dagane 45-year-old was brought to the facility by...
04/11/2022

SUCCESSFUL STORY OF THE FIRST THORACIC SURGERY IN GARISSA.

Mohamed Bare Dagane 45-year-old was brought to the facility by his relatives on the night of 4th Sept. 2022.

Mohamed had stab wounds on his chest at the time he was wheeled to the emergency wing of the facility. He was diagnosed with penetrating chest trauma of multiple stab wounds.

Intraoperatively, the patient was found to have suffered deep cut on the right lung and left atrium one of the upper chamber of the heart that receives blood full of oxygen from the lungs and then empties the blood into the left ventricle.

In the theater, it took two hours our dedicated team of experts lead by general surgeon Dr. Hussein Iman to perform thoracic surgery on the patient carrying open thoracotomy and repairing the following;
-Myocardial laceration.
-Right lung and left atrium laceration.
-Fixing thoracotomy tube to monitor the drainage.

Mohamed was kept under post operation care at the ward where he was discharged after improving to a great extent and found stable. He spent 9 days in the ward.

Yesterday, joyful Mohamed has visited our facility to express his gratitude to surgery department team and by extention Garissa County Referral Hospital for the great care and successful surgery performed on him.

The End.

GARISSA MARKS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY;Garissa County Referral Hospital has today played host to world health mental day ...
12/10/2022

GARISSA MARKS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY;

Garissa County Referral Hospital has today played host to world health mental day commemoration. The 2022 theme for the mental health day is dubbed, "Make Mental Health and Wellbeing for All a Global Priority".

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma.

The overall objective of the day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health.

In kenya studies stipulate that a staggering 1 out of 4 persons who seek healthcare services have a mental health condition depression being the common disorder and there are increasing rates of substance and alcohol use disorders.

To enhance and strengthen mental health and psychosocial services there are 5 psychiatry nurses, 1 psychiatric clinical officer, 1 counselling psychologist and 3 social workers all stationed at Garissa County Referral Hospital offering outpatient services.

Speaking while addressing the function, acting chief officer for Health and Sanitation Mohamed Salat has made the following recommendations;

1- Partnership and resource mobilisation for MHPSS rollout in GarissaCounty.
2. Advocate for better resource and allocation by the county government and agencies.
3. Ministry of health Garissa County MHPSS unit seeks to develop a costed investment case.
4. Mental Health case investment be included in the CIDP for implementation of MH programs.
5. Integrate mental health in all primary health care programs to create awareness, identify cases and active case management in the community level.
6. Improve and capacity build the community health personnel in community based mental health psychosocial services.

The end.

A patient who suffered Subdural hematoma handled at the theater by our team of experts led by Dr. Iman Hassan.
27/09/2022

A patient who suffered Subdural hematoma handled at the theater by our team of experts led by Dr. Iman Hassan.

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