Nyamhunga Clinic serves around 22,000 people in Nyamhunga Township. [1] It was upgraded in 2008 to a 24-hour clinic with a maternity wing, consulting room, laboratory, and other facilities. [2] The clinic provides primary healthcare, maternal care, HIV/AIDS services, and other services. [3] It is understaffed compared to positions established, lacking nurses and other staff. [4] The clinic requires additional medical equipment such as hospital beds, delivery beds, and drug freezers to support patients, as well as non-medical items like desks and mattresses.

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Name of institution
Name of Health Institution/Clinic: Nyamhunga Clinic
Name of Person Completing this Form: George Makunde
Designation: Town Clerk
Name of Contact at the Clinic, if different from above: Sister Makuwaza/Tembo
Address: Box 130 Kariba
Telephone No: +26361-2594 ………………… Fax No: +263-61-2933
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CELL: 0712407892
E-mail address:makundegeorge@yahoo.co.uk ……………………………………….
Date: 27 March 2012……………………………………………..
Section 1: Clinic structure A brief description of the institution/clinic such as
location, type of clinic, population served and reasons why this
institution/clinic was chosen.
1.1 CLINIC/HOSPITAL PROFILE: Nyamhunga Clinic is a council clinic that
serves the community of Nyamhunga Township who number close to 22000
people. It has been a day clinic until 2008 when we felt the demand for night
services increasing and then we had to upgrade it to a 24 hour clinic. The
council upgraded the clinic through proceeds from Kariba People’s Project
which is a kapenta venture. It now has a maternity wing, a new consulting and
counselling room, laboratory, Sister in- Charge’s office, labour room and
dispensary.
Demographic Characteristics
Total population 22 678 plus.
Under I yr. 814
Under Fives 3 592
5-14 years 6 032
15 and Above 12 966
Statistics of Maternal Importance
Women of Child Bearing Age 5 399
Expected Pregnancies 981
Expected Deliveries 976

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1.2 HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED:
The clinic currently provides primary health care, PMTCT service, maternal
health care, HIV/AIDS voluntary counselling and testing, family planning,
curative and nursing and immunisation, outreach services, ambulance services,
community home based care.
COMMON DISEASES/CONDITIONS TREATED: (If your data are categorised by sex and
age, please specify conditions in Men, Women and Children)
1.2
i. Malaria
ii. Diarrhoea
iii. Tuberculosis
iv. Sexually transmitted
v. HIV/AIDS
vi. Acute respiratory infections.
vii. Skin diseases
1.4 MONTHLY STATISTICS:
Maternal and Child Health Services
Number of beds: 3
Prenatal visits: 1722
Deliveries: 529
Post natal visits: 11587
Immunisations: BCG-48. Polio-280, Pentavalent-200, DT- 36, Measles-53, DPT-
41.The figures under immunisations are monthly figures drawn from 2011 statistics
Other services provided: PMTCT, Child Supplementary Feeding and Child weighing.
Other Inpatient Services
Total number of beds: family planning, burns and injuries, eye and ear disorders,
hypertensive care, diabetes mellitus, TB treatment.
Outpatient Services
Total number of attendances: 1397
Section 2: Human resources
2.1: STAFF:
Designation Establishment Current number in place
Assistant Director Health One One
Services (EHO)

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Sister In-charge One One
Registered General Nurses Twenty Seven
State Certified Nurses Four
Primary Care Nurses One One
Nurse Aides Ten Seven
Revenue Clerks Six Five
Microscopist Two Two
Community Health Workers Two Two
Section 3: List of equipment required (or attach an appendix of list)
3.1 MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS
NB. We have attached the list as submitted previously and the remarks are as
follows:
a) The new wing that was expanded does not have anything new that was
bought for it in all respects hence the submission.
b) The existing old wing has some which we could not list but we have
indicated additional materials that we require for the smooth running of
the clinic.
c) Key requirements would be the maternity ward bedding and linen to
ensure admitted mothers are comfortable as they await delivery.
Materials Current Number Reason for need
number required (broken, insufficient, new need)
Standard Hospital beds 4 21 To cater for the new and old
wards
Bedside lockers steel top 4 6 To cater for the new beds
Drip Stands Nil 6 To cater for the new beds
Linen trolleys 1 2 For new maternity wing
Examination beds Nil 4 For consulting room
Instrument trolley Nil 4 For new wing/new need
Hospital screen Nil 4 For new wing/new need
Delivery beds Nil 4 For new delivery room
Sretches trolley Nil 2 New need
Medicine trolley Nil 2 New need
Resuscitation unit Nil 1 New need
Drug Freezer 1 2 Insufficient

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3.2 NON MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Materials Current Number Reason for need
number required (broken, insufficient, new need)
Wheel chair Nil 3 New need
Desks 4 10 Broken, insufficient new need
Standard chairs 8 14 For new wing and insufficient
Filling cabinets 1 4 Insufficient
Mattresses 4 21 Insufficient
NB. The submitted lists of requirements is not exhaustive but we have tried to
adhere to the format provided and the attachment can still be used for purposes
of decision making.
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