Cardiac Unit

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery, Peadiatric Cardiac surgery for patient weighing more than 10kg general thoracic surgery which encompasses all the eleent of chest, lung and esophageal disease... .

Eye Clinic

Division objectives. To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.

Intensive Care Unit(ICU)

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital. Treat and support critically ill patients unable to be managed in the general wards. Provide a Centre of teaching excellence of nurses, doctors, and allied health workers, and supplement medical training of interns and medical students by means of daily bedside teaching.

Medical Services

To provide an intergraded, affordable, accessible, quality, patient centered health care service that is responsive to the needs of the population.. .

Emergency Medical Service

Division objectives. To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.

Specialized Nursing Services

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery.

Speeches Therapy

To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties. To provide diagnostic and therapeutic equipment’s for WCH. To develop the capacity of ophthalmic staff at WCG. To improve efficiency and staff performance at WCH ophthalmic services and staff from different clinics /HK in Khomas District..

Neo-Natal ICU

This 14 cot area is for premature and special-care babies It is situated next to the Maternity theatre for easy access Visiting hours = unlimited for mother and father. Grandparents only once on admission.

Paediatric Ward

Pediatric Ward: Here we cater for the family in 22 private rooms - one family member may be admitted with the child/patient at no extra cost ​ Visiting Hours = 15h00 till 20h00 (weekends and Public holidays have morning hours as well, from 10h00-11h00).

Club Foot

Club foot is a deformity in which an infant s foot is turned inward often so severly that the bottom of the foot faces sideways or even upward, approximately one infant in every 1000 live birth will have clubfoot, making it one of the more common congenital foot deformities.

Pharmacy

Pharmacy department, Windhoek Central Hospital provides pharmaceutical care services to both inpatients and outpatients seen at the various specialized clinics in the hospital. The department consists of the main pharmacy and five satellite pharmacies situated at various specialized clinics. These satellite pharmacies include:

Quality Assurance

Quality improvement and training is a department responsible for the coordination of all the hospital training. This means that all hospital employees wishing to go on short term and long term training have to apply through our office to the training committee. Our office serves as secretariat to the training committee.

Radiation Oncology

Background

The Radiation Oncology Department was established by the Government Republic of Namibia with the help of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1997. Radiation Oncology is based at Windhoek Central Hospital (WCH), Dr. A. B. May Cancer Care Centre. Its service started on 02 April 1997 with treatment of first patient..

Radiation X-Ray

Objective

 Service: it is to provide the best services to the patient and physician with the least amount of radiation exposure to the patient and / or operator.

To present the fundamentals of diagnostic radiology, imaging and interventional techniques and promote better patient care, by assisting the physician in the diagnosis of diseases through accurate and prompt radiographic procedures.

Dietics/Nutrition

Dietrics Nutrition daily improvement and training is a department responsible for the coordination of all the hospital training. This means that all hospital employees wishing to go on short term and long term training have to apply through our office to the training committee. Our office serves as secretariat to the training committee.

Mental Health Care

Mental Health Care Centre is a sub-division of Windhoek Central Hospital. It is located between the Maternity ward and the Medical school. The centre has been in existence since 1903 and it has a bed capacity of 200 beds.

The Centre’s model of choice is the bio-psycho-social model of health which is employed in a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary setting. The model looks at three components that affect mental health, namely biological

Spinals

2. DESCRIPTION:
Spinalis Namibia SCI project is a tri-partner driven cooperation between Spinalis Foundation of Sweden, the Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund, and Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia. Spinalis Namibia is the first specialized spinal cord rehabilitation unit to be opened in Nambia.

Planning and Institutional Development

Generally the division provides support to the Chief medical Superintendent in strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation of interventions related to human resources for health, integrated health information systems, programme service delivery, monitoring the achievement of major global, regional and national targets (SDGs, HPP, Vision 2030, Vision 2060,NDPs);..

Optometrics

The Optometric Services is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care

Orthopaedic Technical Services

The Orthopaedic Technical Services is responsible for the prescription, design and provision of quality, affordable, accessible and sustainable prosthetic and orthotic services that are responsive to the needs of the population.

Physiotherapy

Windhoek central hospital theatre is a national referral theatre in Namibia. It is on the first floor on the southern wing. It’s accommodating state and private patients. Operation scheduled from 7h30 for cold cases and open 24/7 for emergencies.

Stoma Therapy

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery, Peadiatric Cardiac surgery for patient weighing more than 10kg general thoracic surgery which encompasses all the eleent of chest, lung and esophageal disease. To date we have operated successfully on 419 patients requiring open heart surgery and roughly 1500 patients requiring surgery for chest, lung and esophageal disease.

Health Information Management

Division objectives. To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT)

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital. Treat and support critically ill patients unable to be managed in the general wards. Provide a Centre of teaching excellence of nurses, doctors, and allied health workers, and supplement medical training of interns and medical students by means of daily bedside teaching.

Audiometre

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital.

Rehabilitaion Unity

The School of Allied Health Sciences recently opened a sports clinic, known as the physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic, to augment and support students’ clinical practice while rehabilitating injured athletes at the University of Namibia (UNAM)

Administration and Support Services

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital. Treat and support critically ill patients unable to be managed in the general wards. Provide a Centre of teaching excellence of nurses, doctors, and allied health workers, and supplement medical training of interns and medical students by means of daily bedside teaching.

Clinical Technology

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery, Peadiatric Cardiac surgery for patient weighing more than 10kg general thoracic surgery which encompasses all the eleent of chest, lung and esophageal disease. To date we have operated successfully on 419 patients requiring open heart surgery and roughly 1500 patients requiring surgery for chest, lung and esophageal disease.

Clinical Engineering

Division objectives. To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.

Social Services

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital. Treat and support critically ill patients unable to be managed in the general wards. Provide a Centre of teaching excellence of nurses, doctors, and allied health workers, and supplement medical training of interns and medical students by means of daily bedside teaching.

Gynaecology and Obstetrics

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery, Peadiatric Cardiac surgery for patient weighing more than 10kg general thoracic surgery which encompasses all the eleent of chest, lung and esophageal disease. To date we have operated successfully on 419 patients requiring open heart surgery and roughly 1500 patients requiring surgery for chest, lung and esophageal disease.

Infectious Diseases

Division objectives. To provide quality clinical eye care services, optometric and prosthetic service. To reduce the backlog of contract patients needing operation in Khomas, surrounding district and regions. To provide technical support to other health regions and duties.

Internal Medicine

To provide intensive care to critically ill patients without medical aid or financial ability in the private sector, i.e. patients admitted through the state hospital. Treat and support critically ill patients unable to be managed in the general wards. Provide a Centre of teaching excellence of nurses, doctors, and allied health workers, and supplement medical training of interns and medical students by means of daily bedside teaching.

General Nursing Services

The Cardiac Surgery service has entered its fourth year of active operation with surgery offered by a two cardiothoracic surgeon. Services offered are adult cardiac surgery, Peadiatric Cardiac surgery for patient weighing more than 10kg general thoracic surgery which encompasses all the eleent of chest, lung and esophageal disease. To date we have operated successfully on 419 patients requiring open heart surgery and roughly 1500 patients requiring surgery for chest, lung and esophageal disease.

Theatre and Day Ward

Windhoek central hospital theatre is a national referral theatre in Namibia. It is on the first floor on the southern wing. It’s accommodating state and private patients. Operation scheduled from 7h30 for cold cases and open 24/7 for emergencies.

Our theatre is a highly specialised unit, whereby diagnostic procedures and different operation procedures are performed. Theatre consist qualified staff member and higher skilled staff raging in three categories. They are Registered nurses.

Outpatient Department

The Windhoek Central Hospital is a National Referral Hospital; no self-referred/walk in patient will be seen. Such patient should start at the entry level of the Health System, the clinics.

All patients should be referred via a:

• Medical practitioner
• Medical officer at the clinic
• Hospital within the referral system