{"id":41722,"date":"2026-02-13T22:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/?post_type=story&#038;p=41722"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:31:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:31:26","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%91-a-major-milestone-for-emergency-care-in-mombasa-county","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/story\/%f0%9f%9a%91-a-major-milestone-for-emergency-care-in-mombasa-county\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\ude91 A Major Milestone for Emergency Care in Mombasa County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1439\" height=\"959\" src=\"http:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-content\/uploads\/632685893_18211276744316790_6270122172509057212_n.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-content\/uploads\/632685893_18211276744316790_6270122172509057212_n.webp 1439w, https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-content\/uploads\/632685893_18211276744316790_6270122172509057212_n-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are proud to celebrate the official launch of the <strong>Mombasa County Emergency Dispatch Centre<\/strong> and the <strong>Mombasa County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Plan<\/strong>, an important step toward strengthening coordinated emergency response across the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its activation earlier this month, the Dispatch Centre has already enabled real-time coordination of emergency calls and ambulance responses across county health facilities, improving response times, strengthening referral systems, and supporting better patient outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This milestone reflects what is possible when county leadership, partners, and stakeholders work together to build systems that connect care when it matters most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We commend the <strong>Department of Health Services \u2013 Mombasa County<\/strong> for its commitment to strengthening emergency response systems and are proud to support these efforts alongside <strong>Malteser International<\/strong>, <strong>Jacaranda Health<\/strong>, and other partners who contributed to the renovation and operationalisation of the Dispatch Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because emergency medical services save lives when they are coordinated, accountable, and designed to work in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#EmergencyCareKE #EMS #Dispatch #HealthSystems #PartnershipsThatWork #SavingLives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b507c051 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/share\/r\/16s7GVbbuJ\/\" style=\"border-top-left-radius:5px;border-top-right-radius:5px;border-bottom-left-radius:5px;border-bottom-right-radius:5px;background-color:#ff0000\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":41723,"parent":0,"template":"","county-section":[14],"issue":[],"class_list":["post-41722","story","type-story","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","county-section-mombasa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story\/41722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/story"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/story"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"county-section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/county-section?post=41722"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emergencymedicinekenya.org\/counties\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=41722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}