LEVEL 3A – MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY
Description
A health facility (public, private or faith-based) that provides
comprehensive curative, preventive, diagnostic, promotive and
rehabilitative health services including maternity theatre services.
Services
1. Outpatient services
2. Inpatient services
3. Emergency obstetric care
4. Routine newborn care
5. Basic rehabilitation services
6. Surgical procedures
7. Referral services
8. Mental health services
9. Basic oral health services
10. Health promotion
11. Maternity services (normal & caesarean)
12. Antenatal and post-natal care
13. Family planning
14. Immunization services
15. Class C laboratory services
16. Basic radiological and imaging (Ultrasound)
17. Nutrition
18. School health services
19. Linkage with community health
Infrastructure
1. Inpatient wards (male, female, maternity, paediatrics) – 24 beds
minimum
2. Consultation rooms
3. Treatment room
4. Maternity theatre
5. Minor theatre
6. Health information system
7. Kitchen & laundry
8. Pharmacy
9. Class C lab
10. Labour ward with emergency tray
11. Toilet & ablution facilities
12. Public health office
13. Running water
14. Power source
15. Ambulance access
16. Firefighting equipment
17. ICT & communication equipment
Personnel
1. Medical officers
2. Clinical officers
3. Nurses & midwives
4. Anaesthetists
5. Pharmacist
6. Pharmaceutical technologists
7. Nutrition & dietetics officers
8. Laboratory technologists
9. Radiographer
10. Health records officers
11. Public health officers
12. Physiotherapist
13. Social workers
14. Support staff