Inpatient
Please observe the following guidelines for admission and planned theatre bookings, whether surgical or medical.
- Overnight admission is required for all major surgeries scheduled
Patients coming directly from the admitting doctor should present a completed pre-admission form at the admission desk. - Patients booked for day surgeries must present themselves at the hospital two days prior to the time of the planned surgery.
- The attending consultant is required to be on the pre-approved panel list of doctors for third-party payers and if not, approval should be sought from the insurance before admission.
- A full deposit should be made before or upon admission for all cash paying patients.
- The hospital will require the following for all scheduled/day cases:
- A letter of undertaking from your employer
- A duly filled preauthorization form and a letter of undertaking from your insurance on the day of admission
- All emergency admissions from the doctor’s clinic must be accompanied by a completed preauthorization form.
- All NHIF contributors will be required to provide the following:
- A valid NHIF card, with up-to-date contributions
- Identification documents of the contributor and or/ dependant that were used during the NHIF registration
- If the patient is a dependant (spouse or child) they must be registered with the contributor’s card
- If the dependant is above the age of 21 and is schooling, a letter from their learning institution bearing a reference number will be required
Outpatient
At Khairat hospital we treat outpatients, people with health problems who visit the hospital for diagnosis or treatment but do not at this time require a bed or to be admitted for overnight care
