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St. Camillus M. Hospital is a Level 4, private and charitable Mission Hospital with a bed capacity of 157. The Hospital is run by the Camillian religious Order (SERVANTS OF THE SICK) within Homa-Bay Diocese under the umbrella of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB). It is situated in Migori County, Nyatike West constituency, Karungu division on the shores of Lake Victoria.
Built and managed by Camillian Religious, the hospital has been operating since 1997 and serves 250,000 users. Though in a resource-limited location, the Camillian community is committed to providing integrated, accessible, and quality healthcare through staffing, infrastructure, and equipment to the poor, elderly, and vulnerable people within the community.
The history of St. Camillus M. Hospital is deep and full of incredible stories of providing access to quality health services to the marginalized, sick, poor, widows, the elderly, orphans and people affected or infected with HIV/AIDS to be accepted, restored to health and assisted in alleviating their pain and suffering.
The local Karungu community is burdened with high poverty levels and the area also has a high prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, according to the latest statistical data of the structure (2021). The main challenges to St. Camillus M. Hospital revolve around illiteracy, poverty, and agriculturally poor climatic conditions. Since the Hospital opened, we have been dedicated to providing hope, healing, and the best healthcare for all our patients. Over the years, we have positively impacted the lives of thousands of families and it’s our patients who make us so passionate about the future.
Our journey since inception, tells more than a story of past achievements. It’s a promise to our patients and the Karungu community that the very best care available in our capacity is available in their backyard. And it’s a pledge that every patient who needs it will get that care. St. Camillus M. Hospital remains focused on the delivery of quality health services efficiently and effectively.
Being in Karungu while serving the poor and the sick is a clear indication of the dream of St. Camillus De Lellis our Patron saint and founder, who volunteered himself and regarded the sick as his Lord and Master. St. Camillus De Lellis, were he to be alive today in Karungu, then, his wish of having “a hundred hands to serve the sick” could be a reality.
Our vision and mission
Our vision requires an effort to promote access to quality healthcare services and to encourage, in the community, an improvement in the behaviors necessary for maintaining health and for a dignified and meaningful life.
Our mission as Camillians is to be witnesses of the greatness of love for those who suffer, offering them: attention, solidarity, and hope, as well as adequate medical care.
We place ourselves at the service of the least, as commanded by Jesus Christ, without discrimination of sex, age, ethnicity, and religion, because everyone has the right to our respect and dedication. Following the teachings of our founder, St. Camillus De Lellis, we do our best in our daily life to “put more heart in our hands”. The hospital has both religious and lay staff engaged in the ministry of helping the needy.
- 24-hour emergency services
- Out Patient Department
- Maternity ward with incubators, Children, Medical, Surgical Wards
- Theatre for minor & major operations
- Laboratory, & Blood bank
- Radiology department(Ultrasound, E.C.G, X-ray)
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy clinic
- Dental Clinic
- Eye clinic
- PMTCT Clinic (Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission)
- Cervical cancer screening project
- T.B clinic
- Antiretroviral Therapy Clinic
- HIV Testing Services
- Mortuary with cold room
- Ambulance services
Health Advisory Board
This is a committee that proposes health information programs in partnership with the community hospital.
Hospital Organogram
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Groups
HOPE & LIFE: is a group of people living with the HIV virus. It started its activities in May 2003 together with some members of St. Camillus Hospital. The group’s goal is to create and support people living with HIV/AIDS through home-based care.
AWAKE: s a group of people working together to prevent and control HIV/AIDS along the shores of Lake Victoria. The initiative began in May 2003 at St. Camillus Hospital and promotes awareness of this disease, thereby improving the quality of life.
VCT CENTRE: The Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) center opened to the public in January 2006 with the goal of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS by informing individuals and couples about the risks of the disease and developing a risk reduction strategy through HIV testing.
