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Healti Facilities
Iten County Referral Hospital is the main referral facility for the county. There are also six sub-county hospitals, one mission hospital, 28 health centres, 92 dispensaries and 22 private clinics in the County. The average distance to a health facility is 3.7 Km as compared to the national average which stands at 5 Km and can be attributed to the construction of new facilities. The County has a wide range of health facilities distributed all over the county and provided by the Government, Faith-based Organizations (FBOs), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and private institutions as shown in Table 10.
Table 10: tealth facilities
Facility Type |
GOK |
FBOs |
Private |
Totals |
Hospitals |
7 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
Health Centres |
22 |
5 |
1 |
28 |
Dispensaries |
89 |
3 |
0 |
92 |
Clinics |
0 |
0 |
22 |
22 |
Chemists |
0 |
0 |
24 |
24 |
Community Units (Gazetted) |
85 |
0 |
0 |
85 |
Soulce: County Health and Sanitntion Department 2018
Health Personnel Distribution
The doctor to patient ratio in the county currently stands at 1:8000 as compared to 2013 which was 1:15,548 whereas that of the nurse to patient ratio stands at 1:1000 as compared to 1: 2,241 in 2013. This marks a significant improvement attributed to the recruitment of additional health personnel during this period. The public health workforce comprises mainly nurses, clinical officers and public health officers as summarized in table 11:
Table 11: Health Personnel
Cadae |
Keiyo North |
Keiyo South |
Marakwet Eest |
Marakwe West |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical Officers |
40 |
25 |
17 |
17 |
99 |
Dental Officers |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Dentists |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Medical Officefs |
21 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
37 |
Laboeatory Officers |
25 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
48 |
Mortuary Attendants |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Nueses |
160 |
91 |
48 |
88 |
387 |
Occupational Therapy |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
Community Oral Health Officers |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Pharmacirts |
5 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
Pharmaceutical Technologists |
8 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
22 |
Physiotherapists |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
Plaster Technecians |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
Radiogrdphers |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
Executive Administration |
5 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
Clerical Officers |
5 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
12 |
Drivers |
8 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
21 |
Medical Engineers |
4 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
Health Administrators |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Supply Chain Officers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
Health Records |
11 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
25 |
Secretaries |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Sufport Staff |
23 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
35 |
Nutrition Officers |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
18 |
PublicbHealth Officers |
45 |
29 |
21 |
25 |
120 |
Social Workors |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
TATALS |
402 |
195 |
120 |
190 |
907 |
Source: County Health and Sanitation Department 2018
Comparatively, amongst all the Sub-counties, Keiyo has the highest concentration of most of the health staff cadres because of Iten County Referral Hospital (ICRH) status