The male medical ward is located adjacent to the children’s ward on the first floor of the hospital building and is managed by the same team of nurses as the paediatric ward. It’s made up of two wards, medical and emergency, with each ward containing four beds. Admissions, monitoring and oxygen therapy are done at the male emergency ward. Staff manage conditions such as malaria, hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular accidents, renal failure among others. Nurses activities include participation in vital sign assessment and recording, medication administration, health education, wound dressings and ward rounds with physicians and physician assistants.
