• Refractions, visual fields, cataract and glaucoma surgery, trauma repair, OCT, fundoscopy, and ocular procedures (On visitation).

• This unit has an Internist who offers the following services in the hospital.

  • Systemic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, stroke, rheumatoid/autoimmune diseases, CKD etc
  • Infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, TB and other tropical diseases etc

The Emergency Department manages:

• Accident (poisoning, etc) and trauma cases
• Hypertensive and diabetic crises
• Respiratory distress and febrile conditions
• General medical and minor surgical emergencies
• Administration of injectable medications
• Acute seizure disorders
• Hypotension cases.

The Laboratory runs 24/24 running diagnostic tests across 8 specialized units:

• Parasitology: Urine/stool analysis, occult blood, H-pylori antigen test. Skin and blood micro filaria tests
• Serology: Hepatitis B & C, HIV, syphilis, toxoplasma, typhoid, chlamydia and many others
• Hematology: CBC, ESR, malaria test, haemoglobin electrophoresis, coagulation tests (PT/INR, APTT) and more
• Bacteriology: Sputum analysis, body fluid analysis (CSF, pleural, ascitic, synovial), semen analysis, ECS/VS, cryptococcus antigen test and more
• Biochemistry: Liver function tests, kidney function tests, basic and complete metabolic panels, blood sugar, electrolytes and lipid profile and more
• Hormonal Testing: PSA, Thyroid function test, FSH, LH, prolactin, estrogen, testosterone, and others
• Blood Donation Unit: Donor screening, bleeding, and transfusion services and more
• Antenatal clinic laboratory for pregnant women and many others
• Others: HBA1c.

The Maternity Unit offers:

• Labor and delivery services (intrapartum care)
• Postpartum care for mothers and newborns
• Gynaecologist ward rounds and consultations
• Family planning education and postnatal care
• Daily health talks on vaccination, breastfeeding, and newborn care
• Admission of pregnant women
• Management of obstetric emergencies and complications
• Management of newborns and their complications
• Render essential newborn care and manage complications and emergencies as they arrive.

The Pharmacy Department provides:

• Dispensing of drugs outpatients and inpatients and patient counselling
• Compounding
• Pre-packaging of drugs
• Clinical interventions
• Drug supply to wards and other departments
• Bill review, and requisition
• Continuous education of pharmacy staff
• Updates to consultants on drug availability
• Procurement and inventory control
• Drug storage
• Clinical ward rounds
• Antimicrobial stewardship.

In the paediatric department, we offer the following services:

• Paediatric consultations
• Sickle Sell anaemia
• Treatment of malnourished children

Counselling of parents with malnourish children

Services include:

• Laboratory tests for pregnant women (CBC, urinalysis, Hepatitis B, HIV, syphilis, malaria, and blood group)
• Vital signs monitoring and blood pressure checks
• Physical examination and counselling
• Management of high-risk pregnancies
• Health education, devotions, and nutrition talks
• Postpartum consultation for mothers and babies
• Vaccinations (BCG, Polio Zero at birth; PENTA, ROTA, and NEMO at 6 and 10 weeks)
• Palpation services
• Consultation of pregnant women
• Drug prescription and treatment
• Pre and post test counselling
• Pre pregnancy counselling.

The clinic provides:

• Wound dressing and debridement
• Suturing, incision and drainage
• Autoclave
• Nail surgery for ingrown nails
• Foreign body removal
• Angle brachia index (ABI) test
• Monofilament test for diabetics
• Blood sugar test
• Cone excision
• Ostomy care
• Vital signs and Injections
• Acute Emergency disorders
• Traumatic emergencies
• Lypomectomy
• Cystectomy
• Excision of noddles or masses
• Infiltrations
• Circumcision
• Explorations
• Diabetic education food education and screening
• Bandaging
• Tongue tight release
• Sample collection.    

The department offers the following Mental Health services:

• Mental health promotional activities including mental health talk, education and sensitization
• Prevention of mental health condition through activities including crisis intervention and grief counselling
• Mental health consultations
• Manage mental health conditions including depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis, sleep disorders, Substance use problems (including alcohol and cigarette, addictions), dementia, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, as well as child and adolescent mental and behavioural issues like ADHD, ASD, Conduct disorders and epilepsy.
• Facilitating integration of mental health into PHC.
• Suicide prevention activities and risk management
• Interventions include Psychotherapy, Family therapy, Individual therapy, Cognitive behaviour therapy and Interpersonal therapy
• Community mobility mobilization, and outreach and treatment during outreach
• Home support visits.

The Gynaecology and Obstetric Unit has a Gynaecologist who provides the following services:

• Caesarean sections
• Myomectomy
• Hysterectomies (vaginal and abdominal)
• Cystectomy
• Other major and minor gynaecological procedures
• Pelvic exploration (Ectopic pregnancy, salpingectomy, ovariectomy, annexectomy )
• Bartholinitis (incision and drainage)
• Bartholin cystectomy
• Punch Biopsy
• Breast mass Excision 
• Tubal lingation
• Examination under anaesthesia (penned tear repair, vaginal tear repair, cervical tear repair)
• Manuela vacuum Aspiration (MVA)
• I & D’s (abscess)
• Antenatal care (consultation, follow up of normal and pathologic pregnancy)
• Screening for cervical and breast cancer (WHP)
• Infertility, care and follow-up of cases
• Delivery of babies
• Take care of Menopausal patients.

The Care and Treatment Centre offers:

• Consultation
• Pre- and post-test counselling
• ART initiation and dispensation
• Adherence counseling and home-based ARV distribution
• Viral load sample collection in the facility
• Follow-up of HIV-exposed infants with DBS collection at 6 weeks, 9 months
• Index testing services in the facility or community
• Health education and community outreach.

The Eye Department provides:

• General consultations
• Refractions
• Ophthalmologists (on visits)
• Prescription and provision of glasses according eye conditions
• Glaucoma screening and treatment
• Community eye screening during outreach
• Removal of eye worm.

Services include:

• Management of closed fractures and dislocations through casting and rehabilitation
• Stroke rehabilitation and joint pain management
• Exercises
• Muscle strengthening and cardio-respiratory therapy
• Sport injury care, and trauma rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation of Cerebral Palsy, developmental delay and down syndrome management
• Vascular issues are also being followed up
• Work in collaboration with Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Multiskilled Rehabilitation Technician (MRT) and Occupational Therapy (OT).
• Clubfoot diagnoses and referral. 

Ultrasound services include:

• Obstetric
• Abdominal
• Pelvic
• Thyroid
• Breast
• Testicular
• Small parts
• EKG.

The Social Services Department provides psychosocial and emotional support to patients and families. It handles:

• Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases
• Child abuse (physical, emotional, neglect)
• Domestic violence and abandonment cases
• Stress management, counseling for depression and anxiety
• Psychosocial support for addiction cases (drugs, alcohol, sex, etc.)
• Bill follow-up and advocacy for financially challenged patients
• Guidance counselling and psychoeducation
• Mediation between patients and administration
• Work with patients with terminal diseases (end of life sickness) and their families.
• Educate families on how to care for terminally ill patients
• Handle bereavement
• Handle conjugal or marital conflicts
• Work with people living with disabilities and refer some to the CBR for proper management
• Premarital assessments and counselling
• Pre operation and post operation counselling
• Pre and post test counseling for HIV, adherence counselling for persons diagnosed / living with HIV
• Work with age related issues by educating their caregivers on how to care for them
• Handle trauma cases in collaboration with the mental health department.
• Home visits to clients 
• Offer financial assistance to patients in dire need.
• Liasson with family to link abandoned cases.
• Handle abortion issues.

The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) program helps patients know their blood pressure, blood sugar, BMI, and waist circumference to assess risks of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Patients diagnosed are followed up through hypertensive and diabetes clinic visits, education sessions, and community sensitization campaigns.

• Diabetic and hypertensive Clinics every second Friday of the month
• With daily follow up in the unit from Monday to Saturday where one on one counselling is done
• Do physical exercises with the patients every clinic day
• The staff are involved in sporting activities
• Do diabetic education in terms of feeding, physical exercises, treatment adherence, and insulin management
• Obesity counselling 
• Obesity clinic
• Education to patients and caregivers in wards especially on the newly diagnosed. 

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This program provides dietary counseling, health education, practical food demonstrations, menu planning, and nutrition feed formulation. It focuses on managing malnutrition and promoting healthy living. The department also processes soya powder (NIPSOYA), assesses nutritional status, and implements preventive strategies to improve community nutrition.

The Chaplaincy Department supports the spiritual well-being of staff and patients. Activities include Bible studies, daily devotions at the hospital chapel, prayer sessions with staff, and bedside devotions for patients in the Inpatient and Outpatient Department (OPD), wards, and antenatal clinics.

The chaplain provides counseling for patients with terminal illnesses, end-of-life care, premarital counselling, and marital counselling. The chaplain also works closely with doctors to support clients with chronic and terminal conditions. Choirs and gospel groups are often invited to minister in the wards and chapel. The department ensures that spiritual values are integrated into all health centre programs and activities. We further teach core values of the Healthservice through teachings. We carry out departmental retreats with planned days for each department of the HC. We also do easter presentations, and run spiritual life committee of the hospital. Close collaboration with Holistic Baptist Church Nkoabang. We also do counseling with new staff to know their spiritual stand, marital status, in order to help them better integrate into the system.

The unit manages:

• Data collection and analyses
• Compilation of statistics for both Government and CBC Health Services
• Analysis, reporting, and documentation
• Distribution of ward forms and registers
• Archiving of medical reports and records
• Surveyance of diseases such as COVID19, Yellow Fever and report to stakeholders.
• Management of vital Strategy – Declare of birth and death, etc.

The Technical Services Department manages biomedical engineering, building, and construction needs.

• Under biomedical services, the team handles installation, maintenance, and repair of hospital equipment

Under construction and maintenance, the unit manages carpentry, plumbing, painting, and general repairs of hospital infrastructure.