Medical-Clinic · West-Pokot
Ortum Central Clinic
Ortum Central Clinic is a Medical-Clinic Health Facility, offering preventive and curative health and medical services in West-Pokot county, and the neighbouring Pokot South community.
- Type
- Medical-Clinic
- Ownership
- Private Practice - Clinical Officer
- Locality
- Pokot South
- County
- West-Pokot
Ortum Central Clinic serves the Pokot South community in West-Pokot County, in Kenya. As a Medical-Clinic Health Facility we welcome patients from the surrounding community and beyond, offering quality, accessible, community-rooted healthcare services.
Ortum Central Clinic follows Kenya’s Primary Health Care (PHC) framework, which favours continuous household-level wellness, early disease intervention, and practical health education alongside curative medical services — empowering communities to take charge of their health and build a resilient society.
Feel free to visit or contact Ortum Central Clinic for your preventive and curative Health Care services.
Sector Data
Health at a glance
- Infant Mortality Rate:
- 2.9%
- Maternal Mortality Rate:
- 0.4%
- Men Life Expectancy:
- 61%
- Women Life Expectancy:
- 66%
Health
Health Sector
First point of contact, such as local dispensaries, community health centers, and general clinics.
Medical specialists handling patient referrals, routine surgeries, and emergency inpatient admissions.
Highly specialized facilities equipped for advanced procedures in surgery, intensive care, and transplants.
Find us
Location
Ortum Central Clinic, West-Pokot
Useful Links
- 🗹 Ministry of Health - MOH
- 🗹 World Health Organization - WHO
- 🗹 Social Health Authority - SHA
- 🗹 AfyaYangu
- 🗹 Huduma Center Kenya
- 🗹 Digital Health Agency - DHA
- 🗹 National Cancer Institute of Kenya - NCI-K
- 🗹 National Council for People with Disabilities - NCPWD
- 🗹 State Department of Public Service, Counselling Unit
- 🗹 Kenya Healthcare Federation KHF
- 🗹 Kenya Medical Association KMA
- 🗹 Kenya Association of Health Administrators KAHA
- 🗹 Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Councilt KMPDCU
- 🗹 E-Citizen Portal
GOVERNMENT
ASSOCIATIONS
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West Pokot breaks ground on Sh500 million mother and baby hospital in Kabichbich - Kenya News Agency
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West Pokot to build Sh500m mother and baby hospital in six months - The Standard Media Group
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The health sector in West Pokot County has received a major boost following the flag-off of medical supplies worth KSh81.2 million, in a move expected to restore consistent availability of essential medicines and other health products in public facilities across t - Facebook
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West Pokot steps up efforts to reduce high teen pregnancy rate - The Star, Kenya
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Murang’a, West Pokot, Turkana deny UHC workers September salaries - Daily Nation
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West Pokot medics call off strike - Kenya News Agency
