Medical Facility/Clinic, Mombasa town.   Volunteer Nursing in Kenya project. This is   combined with a second clinic. Details Here.

The clinic is located central in the 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. The clinic is the sister clinic to another hospital, located approximately 1 mile away. At the Seaside Medical Facility/Clinic, the doctor and his staff have served the much needed underprivileged community for years and is one of the more established clinics within the area.

The clinic itself has huge potential; it has 2 doctors 2 nurses 1 laboratory technician, 1 pharmacist and other auxiliary staff totalling 10. Presently it serves between 30-50 patients per day. It offers 24 hour medical services, which is much needed with the local community. It has 8 in-patients beds arranged over 3 wards. It is a very busy clinic and should justify itself as a small hospital, as it carries out many procedures. It compromises of 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 minor surgery as at present as there is no general anesthesia. The clinic itself does embrace all variations of medical, urology, obstetrics and gynaecology, gastrology, ENT, and paediatrics.  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 and offers what many other clinics strife to achieve. It has electric and water and medical equipment including suctioning, oxygenation, nebuliser therapy and sterilization; it additionally has an onsite pharmacy dispensary. The volunteer could be as flexible as they need as the clinics operates 24 hours, but could 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. Volunteers work along side the Doctor who often works late on the evening shift as it gets busy when people finish work and is cooler in Mombasa.

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. Students can contribute at the level they feel comfortable with.

Accommodation can be arranged with  local host families 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. This is a basic hotel based on B&B close to restaurants and shops in town. Its also a short walk from the clinic. Groups can also use this.

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.

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 beaches.

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