Umphumulo Hospital

Description

Umphumulo Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Umphumulo, KwaZulu Natal. The hospital has 158 beds and serves the Maphumulo Sub-district along with Untunjambili Hospital. The total population of the Maphumulo Sub-district is 132,007 and Umphumulo hospital serves about 60% of the population.

GETTING THERE

The hospital is situated in Umphumulo, KwaZulu Natal. It is located next to the R74, 48km North-West of KwaDukuza and 67km South-East of Greytown in KwaZulu Natal.

PAYMENTS

Umphumulo Hospital is a provincial hospital, therefore services are free to pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children under the age of six years old. Other citizens are charged according to a sliding scale depending on their income.

SPECIALIST SERVICES:

• ARV Literacy classes and drugs
• Child health care
• Crisis Centre
• Dental services
• Dietetics Department
• Eye Clinic
• Female medical ward
• HCT
• Laboratory Services
• Labour ward
• Male medical ward
• Maternity
• Medical
• Obstetric
• Outpatient Department
• P.M.T.C.T
• Pharmaceutical Services
• Physiotherapy services
• Primary Health Care
• Psychiatric Clinic
• Reproductive health
• School Health
• Social Work Services
• STI infections
• Surgical
• TB & TB Tracing team
• TB ward
• X-ray