Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre

Social Welfare and Public Relations Unit has been providing and maintaining the good standards of patients and staff welfare to the primary professions of medicine and nursing. The unit was actively involved in the patients care program by promoting the optimum health care of patients population, relatives and visitors thus ensuring that the general public has a proper image of KCMC Hospital and his activities or special events through mass media communication and news papers coverage, radio or television.

In implementing its activities effectively and efficiently, social welfare and public relation unit collaborate with governmental and non-governmental institutions such as RITA, Regional and District Social Welfare Department, Immigrations, Police, KWIECO, KIWAKKUKI and many more. The unit also works closely with mass media within and outside Kilimanjaro region.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The main objective of the unit is to help vulnerable patient, staff, students welfare and community at large.

To coordinate all activities concerning abandoned children, patients and dead bodies at KCMC morgue.
To coordinate social welfare activities to staff and students by identifying, handle, and advice on how to rectify the situation
To coordinate death and birth certificates at the hospital level
To coordinate public relation activities within the Hospital
To conduct counselling and health education to clients

Committed to clients
Competence: Skills and knowledge
Avoid conflicts of interest
Confidentiality/Privacy
Avoid dishonest, fraud and deception
Displacement: avoid family problem to make negative decision
Respect to both clients and colleagues
Avoid discrimination: sex, age, religion, political ideology, mental condition
Avoid the use of abusive language

Volunteers& Students
Support Vulnerable patients
Public Relations Issues




Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre PO Box 3010, Moshi, Tanzania,East Africa. Phone Contact: +255 27 2754377-2754383 Fax: +255 27 2754381/2752038 Email: kcmcadmin@kcmc.ac.tz Webmaster: joshua@kcmc.ac.tz	SOCIAL WELFARE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS UNIT Social Welfare Team in a picture with field work students Social Welfare and Public Relations Unit has been providing and maintaining the good standards of patients and staff welfare to the primary professions of medicine and nursing. The unit was actively involved in the patients care program by promoting the optimum health care of patients population, relatives and visitors thus ensuring that the general public has a proper image of KCMC Hospital and his activities or special events through mass media communication and news papers coverage, radio or television. In implementing its activities effectively and efficiently, social welfare and public relation unit collaborate with governmental and non-governmental institutions such as RITA, Regional and District Social Welfare Department, Immigrations, Police, KWIECO, KIWAKKUKI and many more. The unit also works closely with mass media within and outside Kilimanjaro region. GENERAL OBJECTIVE The main objective of the unit is to help vulnerable patient, staff, students welfare and community at large. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES To coordinate all activities concerning abandoned children, patients and dead bodies at KCMC morgue. To coordinate social welfare activities to staff and students by identifying, handle, and advice on how to rectify the situation To coordinate death and birth certificates at the hospital level To coordinate public relation activities within the Hospital To conduct counselling and health education to clients SOCIAL WELFARE ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES Committed to clients Competence: Skills and knowledge Avoid conflicts of interest Confidentiality/Privacy Avoid dishonest, fraud and deception Displacement: avoid family problem to make negative decision Respect to both clients and colleagues Avoid discrimination: sex, age, religion, political ideology, mental condition Avoid the use of abusive language Volunteers& Students Support Vulnerable patients Public Relations Issues	Department of Opthalmology Department of Pathology Department of Clinical Laboratory Department of Radiology Dental Department Medical Elective Information Medical Record Department Masters in Public Health School of Anaesthesia Other links to KCMC Training Centre for Orthapaedic Technologists (TATCOT) Regional Dermatology Training Centre (RDTC) Friends of KCMC

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