Local hospitals provide a range of services to the local community. Most of the population in many states live in the rural areas and traveling to the urban areas for treatment can be hard and expensive thus preferring visiting the local hospitals. These hospitals offer vital services to the community in the rural areas and acts as the foundation of the delivery system in the rural health care. People in the local areas visit the hospitals in case of emergencies and for treatment as it is near them and also cost-effective. Local hospitals add value to the community in various forms hence the locals should consider visiting them frequently.
Quality of a local hospital is easily improved. Since the local hospitals occupy a small size, this is an advantage as they can use a large part of their finances in buying the hospital resources. When the hospital has development projects going on, it can be easy to cater to the patient resources and those of the medical staff. The services offered in a local hospital are of high quality since the employees are serving a small area and treating few patients. When a local hospital has problem with their work quality, they can get help from their area chief to liaise with the management and all those involved such as the medical staff, the management and patient representative.
Local hospitals get finances from organizations and people of goodwill. Some organizations are involved in providing free services to the local hospitals to benefit the local people from services they cannot afford getting in other bigger hospitals since the are either uninsured and low -income earners. The state government always ensures that local hospitals are well equipped to deal with terminal illnesses as they are the backbone of the society.
In most local areas, there are people who educated in health care services but haven’t secured a job, therefore, they tend to look for an opportunity to give back to the community by attending to the local people through the local hospital that is nearby. Most local hospitals lack the vital machinery to carry out medical services such as surgery of the heart, kidney so the community like the church at large can opt to contribute to such functional equipment to enhance the health of the people.
Local hospitals can develop fast. In local areas leaders and those who are educated may have a lot of pride to allow their local communities attend hospitals that have insufficient equipment and medical staff thus they will join hands support the health center in improving. Some health professionals who are in huge hospitals prefer working in their local areas therefore when they transfer to a local hospital; their services will benefit a lot of local patients who find it expensive to seek medical services in other areas.