Kribi Baptist Health Center

Chief of Center

Prospects

The Health Centre looks forward to begin the following departments and services soon: PMTCT, Theatre Block, Know Your Number and Canteen Services.

Catchment Areas: Dombe, Afan Mabe, Ngoe, Antenne Orange, Mpangou, Talla, Londji, SOCAPALM, and HEVECAM etc.

Location:

The Health Centre is located at the heart of the town of Kribi at Carrifour Django

Contact:        

Chief of Centre: Moses Kiyo Lukong

Cell: +237 675466384

Email: mosekiyolukong@gmail.com

Overview

Baptist Health Centre Kribi (BHCK) was created on April 9, 2018. It is located in the Kribi Health District, Ocean Division in the South Region of Cameroon. The Health Centre started as an Integrated Health Centre. The Health Centre is presently located in a rented building of two floors made up of 4 apartments and a ground floor. Baptist Health Centre Kribi sees an average of 60 patients per day. It has 23 bed capacity for maternity, inpatient services and observation. The Health Centre is open round the clock with staff strength of 83 including a resident doctor and a visiting Gynecologist twice a week. There is a Monthly Support Visit for programmed surgeries and Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) done regularly by a surgical team from Mboppi Baptist Hospital Douala. The health center works collaboratively with the District Health services and is ranked as one of the health centres with highest patient attendance in the district

Our Services

Out-Patient Services
Emergency Room

The Emergency Department manages:

  • Accident and trauma cases
  • Hypertensive and diabetic crises
  • Respiratory distress and febrile conditions
  • General medical and minor surgical emergencies
  • Administration of injectable medications
Laboratory

The Laboratory runs 24/24 running diagnostic tests:

  • Parasitology: urine/stool analysis, occult blood, H-pylori, Malaria rapid/smears
  • Serology: Hepatitis B & C, HIV, syphilis, toxoplasma, typhoid, TORCH
  • Hematology: CBC, ESR, haemoglobin electrophoresis, direct and indirect coombs test
  • Bacteriology: sputum analysis, bodily fluid analysis (CSF, pleural, ascitic, synovial), semen analysis, ECS/VS/HVS, Gram staining
  • Biochemistry: liver panel, kidney function test, basic and complete metabolic panels, blood sugar, electrolytes and lipid profile, HBA1C
  • Hormonal Testing: PSA, Thyroid function test, testosterone, BETA HCGetc.
  • Blood Donation Unit: donor screening, bleeding, and transfusion services
  • Antenatal clinic laboratory for pregnant women
  • Elisa: chlamydia IgG/IgM
Pharmacy

The Pharmacy Department provides:

  • Dispensing of drugs to outpatients and inpatients
  • Compounding and pre-packaging of drugs
  • Counseling and clinical interventions
  • Drug supply to wards and other departments
  • Bill review, inventory control, and requisition
  • Continuous education of pharmacy staff
  • Updates to consultants on drug availability
  • Procurement and inventory control
  • Drug storage
Operating Theatre

The theatre has one operating room for minor surgeries including:

  • Circumcision
  • Caesarean section (referral)
  • Cystectomy (booking)
  • Foreign body removers 
  • Lypomectomy
  • Autoclaving machine where sterilisation are done
  • Performs minor surgeries 
ANC

Services include:

  • Laboratory tests for pregnant women (CBC, HB, 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)
  • Universal Health Coverage.
Women’s Health Program

Services include:

  • Breast and cervical cancer screening
  • HPV testing
  • Family planning services
  • Infertility consultations
  • Gynecological consultations and testing for STIs
  • Treatment of some sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Gonorrhoea, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma Genitalium and Trichomonas Vaginalis 
  • Health talks, sensitization campaigns, and community outreach
  • HPV Vaccination
  • Treatment of genital warts
  • Tru Cut

Cervical punch biopsy

Nutrition Improvement Services

The nutrition improvement program (NIP) provides the following services: Dietary counselling on diabetics, hypertension, obesity, gastritis, adult malnutrition, and HIV and AIDS. Health education, practical food demonstration, menu planning, formulation of nutritional feed and management of malnutrition, procession of Soyapowder NIPSOYA. Accessing nutritional status of individuals and providing preventive measures to improve and promote healthier lives through nutrition. We also do outreach, and work closely pregnant and lactating mothers.

Eye Care Services

The Eye Department provides:

  • General consultations
  • Community eye screening during outreach
  • Refractions and visual field testing
  • Minor surgeries
  • Visits by ophthalmologists and low vision specialists
  • Prescription and fitting of lenses
  • Glaucoma screening and treatment
  • Auto refraction
Dental Services

The Dental Department provides:

  • Consultations and treatment
  • Root canal therapy, crowns, fillings, extractions, and dentures
  • Orthodontics and reimplantation
  • Surgical procedures such as operculectomy, frenectomy, and cauterization
  • Scaling and polishing, splinting therapy, and fracture management
  • Periapical radiography
  • Community outreach programs including screening, sensitization, and dental interventions

Counselling Services.

Physiotherapy and Clubfoot Care Services

Services include:

  • Management of closed fractures and dislocations through casting and rehabilitation
  • Stroke rehabilitation and joint pain management
  • Clubfoot treatment and exercises
  • Rehabilitation and paediatric neurologic care
  • Muscle strengthening and cardio-respiratory therapy
  • Outreach programs, sports injury care, and trauma rehabilitation
  • Geriatric rehabilitation (Services for the elderly)
  • Service sensitisation and awareness at OPD and community
  • Work closely together with the wound care department
  • Patient consultation/assessment collaboratively with consultants
Security Services

The Security Department operates 24/24 ensuring the safety of patients, staff, property, and information. Key roles include:

  • Monitoring access to hospital facilities
  • Escorting patients and visitors to the right services
  • Preventing theft and unauthorized removal of hospital property
  • Surveillance through cameras and real-time monitoring
  • Collaboration with public security in Bafoussam
  • Documentation of incoming parcels and dispatches
  • Monthly reporting to CBC Health Services Headquarters
Social Services

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 counseling and mediation between patients and administration
  • Depression, epilepsy, anxiety, psychotic, and sleep disorders
  • Substance abuse, dementia, and developmental delays
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), bipolar disorder, and adolescent behavioral issues
  • Suicide risk, self-harm, somatic disorders
  • Psychotherapy, drug management, community sensitization, and outreach
  • Post test counselling for HIV
  • Adherence counselling for HIV positive cases
Wound Care Clinic and Treatment Room

The clinic provides:

  • Wound dressing and debridement
  • Suturing, incision and drainage
  • Nail surgery for ingrown nails
  • Foreign body removal
  • Angle brachia index (ABI) test
  • Monofilament test for diabetics
  • Blood sugar test
  • Cone excision
  • Ostomy care
Chaplaincy Services

The Chaplaincy Department supports the spiritual well-being of staff and patients. Activities include Bible studies, daily devotions at the health centre chapel, prayer sessions with staff, and bedside counselling and prayers for patients in the In-patient Department (IPD). We have devotions in the OPD, wards, and antenatal clinics (ANC), Enfant welfare and in all clinics of the hospital.

The chaplains provide counseling for patients with terminal illnesses, end-of-life care, premarital counselling, and marital counselling. They also work closely with doctors to support clients with chronic and terminal conditions. The department ensures that spiritual values are integrated into all hospital programs and activities. We also work to carryout inquirer classes to win more souls for Jesus. The staff are encouraging to contribute a freewill offering into the needy fund to meet the need of patients who are very needy.

The chaplaincy is open to the community as well as to staff for referrals and counter referrals.

Ultrasound / Imaging Unit

Services include:

  • Ultrasound: obstetric, abdominal, pelvic, ocular, thyroid, breast, and testicular.
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) Program - Know Your Numbers (KYN)

The KYN 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 clinics visits, education sessions, and community sensitization campaigns.

Technical Service Department

Accordion Content

Statistics Office and PMEL (Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

The unit manages:

  • Data collection and tallying
  • Compilation of statistics for both government and CBC Health Services
  • Analysis, reporting, and documentation
  • Distribution of ward forms and registers
  • Archiving of reports and records
Customer Care Service

Customer Care staff receive and direct patients to the appropriate services, provide information about departments, and document feedback. They also remind patients of appointments with specialists and follow up on service satisfaction.

In-Patient Services
Admission in Wards

Admissions in wards

  • Labor and delivery services (intrapartum care)
  • Postpartum care for mothers and newborns
  • Gynaecologist ward rounds and consultations (on visits)
  • Family planning education and postnatal care
  • Daily health talks on vaccination, breastfeeding, and newborn care
  • Medication administration and dressing changes
  • Doctor’s rounds and patient monitoring
  • Infection prevention through daily cleaning
  • Patient education and health talks.
Gynaecological Services (On visits and referral)

The Gynaecology Unit has 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 & Ds (abscess)
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