Haramaya University Health Center
Mission
To provide student and community patient-centered healthcare with compassionate, comprehensive, affordable, excellent in quality, service, and accessible health care to all students and the community.
Vision
We will strive to be the best health center in our country university health center and beyond with affordable accessible primary health care in a manner that exceeds patient expectations.
Director
Dr.Abdulbasit Ahmed
Background of the Haramaya University Health Center
Haramaya University began providing health care services to its regular and summer students in its clinic. This clinic was upgraded to the level of health center with the completion of the new building near to old clinic building located down from the student cafeteria and look up the main parking lot. The Haramaya University Health Center was accredited in 2005G.C. from Oromia Health Bureau as health center. A brief history of the Haramaya University Health center foundation is necessary to provide background and context for the service provision that follow. The Health Center was founded in 2005 in Haramaya University, by 2(two) parttime physicians who envisioned a group practice in which individual members would share clinical expertise and specialization and dedicate themselves to the education of future medical practitioners, and where innovations in medical procedures and practices would be encouraged through basic and applied research activities and 7(seven) clinical nurses, 3(three) laboratory technicians, 1(one) nurse assistant, 1(one) druggist, 1(one) health extension worker, 1(one) environmental technician and 1(one) card room worker and other seven(seven) support staffs.
Motto
Building the Basis for Development
The health center was under the governance of student service directorate. After Job Evaluation and grading was implemented in the University the health center was independently restructured as a directorate accordingly with Civil Service Commission and Ministry of health proclamations and directions. Haramaya University health center was became an independent directorate in 2019G.C. and was became the beginning of good quality and equity health care foundation, distinguished by the mission to the community, the quality of their care, their affordability and accessibility to students and all community and perhaps most uniquely and was the beginning for good governance. Haramaya university health center have been built good governing board/Management committee. Haramaya University health center is an embodiment of University students and the community’s aspiration for better health and health care, and aims to honor the health center by creating a special place that allows our health center to tell its health care quality and equity in its own voice.
All students at the Haramaya University are eligible to use University Health Service for their health care and the provision of affordable health care is critical to staffs and community. Haramaya University Health Center has been provided free health services for students and for those who cannot afford will ensure equitable access. The health center has three satellite health clinics that provide the effective, patient-centred, collaborative, multidisciplinary primary care required for the success and well-being of students, staff and community. Our health center has implemented culturally and linguistically competent care models to address the needs of students and community and many other groups that may need unique care and services.
The health center and clinics are manned by Nurse professionals, Public health, Laboratory professionals, Pharmacy professionals, Midwifery, Environmental and hygiene, Public health professional specialist and general practitioners Medical Doctors serving students and the community. The basic services provided by the health center include Emergency Services, Outpatient Services, Inpatient services Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning, Delivery Services, General Laboratory Services, Pharmacy Services, Pediatric, Internal Medicine, Enabling Services and much more. This health center is basically patient- directed care built mainly for the student and community with restricted access to medical care. Clients may include people with low- income or those who are underinsured, uninsured, or even University community.
If a patient is seen at University Health Service for a reason that is outside of the scope of the health center practice or beyond the capacity of the health center, we will transfer the patient to Hiwot Fana specialized University Hospital for continued care and further investigation and management according to the required specialty areas of the services. Hiwot Fana specialized University Hospital does not have capacity to treat, the patient will be transferred to Black Lion Hospital or Amanuel or other specialized hospitals in Addis Ababa for further care. Subsequently, a request will be made for transport money or vehicle and per diem for the patient and a nurse and/or one or two accompanying friends of the patient/student. The patient will be transported to the hospitals and will seek treatment. If the patient is cured, he/she will come back to the University for continuing his/her study. Unfortunately, if the patient is not cured or if he/she dies, the dead body is sent to his/her parents. Eventually, bills of treatments will be settled based on the bill documents received from the hospitals as per agreement.
Haramaya University Health Center Staff
We are conveniently located on the three campuses at:
Main Campus
The Haramaya Higher Health Center, located down from the student cafeteria and look up the main parking lot.
Haramaya Institute of Technology
The Haramaya Institute of Technology clinic, located on the technology campus and located on the main road and near to the new library building and approximately 70meter to the gate look down the main road.
Veterinary medicine campus clinic
The Haramaya Veterinary medicine campus clinic, located in Veterinary medicine campus near to the new library building and look up the student cafeteria.
Services
Our licensed medical and support staff provides primary health care and other services such as:
Triage
The process of categorizing and prioritizing patients with the aim of providing the best care to as many patients as possible with the available resources
Emergency Services
A sudden and usually unforeseen event that calls for immediate measures to mitigate impact
Outpatient department
In our health center set-up any service or treatment that doesn’t require hospitalization will provide in outpatient department. We have three outpatient departments in the health center and one in all campus clinics Outpatient service centers usually specialize in one type of treatment or procedure. And the staff usually has a lot of experience that is focused on the procedure you need. Also, the equipment and techniques used may be the most advanced
Services provided and Functions of OPD
- Early diagnosis, curative, preventive & rehabilitative care on ambulatory basis
- Effective treatment on ambulatory basis
- Screening for admission to health center
- Follow up care & care after discharge
- Promotion of health by health education
- Rendering of preventive health care
- Promotion of health through health education
- Training of medical / nursing students
Keeping up to date records for future treatment, medical education,
Inpatient
Patients undergoing inpatient care tend to have serious, sometimes life-threatening conditions. Depending on the severity of their condition, some patients may stay in our health center for overnight, a few weeks while others stay only a couple of days or whether briefly or for an extended period of time. Physicians keep these patients at the health center to monitor them more closely. Examples of inpatient care include:
- Rehabilitation services
- Surgeries
- Childbirth
- Serious Illnesses that require a patient to be monitored overnight in our health center.
We have seven beds in male ward, five beds in female ward, two beds in maternity ward, two beds in isolation ward and two special beds.
Laboratory services
The Laboratory Service Department conducts tests on blood, urine, stool, tissues and body fluids to assist physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease. Laboratory tests are also used to monitor treatment.
The Department operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.
Services are provided to patients in acute and long-term care facilities, to physician offices, and the student and the surrounding community. Laboratory Services include
- Complete Blood Count(CBC)
- Hematology
- Blood chemistry
- urinalysis all type
- serology-
- parasitology’s
Laboratory services
Telehealth Virtual Appointments
Psychiatric Services
Counseling Services
Tuberculosis TB Screening services
Ultrasound service
Pharmacy services
The services provided by our pharmacy
- Monitoring of prescription,
- Storage,
- Distribution,
- Drug procurement,
- Counselling of patients,
- Dispensing of medicines, and
- Evaluation for the betterment of patients
Maternal and child health and Sexual and Reproductive Health Service
- Antenatal,
- Delivery, and postnatal care;
- Vaccination coverage; and
- Common childhood illnesses (fever, acute respiratory tract infections and diarrhea) and their treatment
- Sexual and Reproductive Health Service
- Ambulance services
Qualified and motivated human resource (HR) is essential for a qualitative and robust health care delivery.
Human resources, when pertaining to health care, can be defined as the different kinds of clinical and non-clinical staff responsible for public and individual health intervention As arguably the most important of the health system inputs, the performance and the benefits the system can deliver depend largely upon the knowledge, skills and motivation of those individuals responsible for delivering health services
As well as the balance between the human and physical resources, it is also essential to maintain an appropriate mix between the different types of health promoters and caregivers to ensure the system's success.
