NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 31 – The Mbagathi Hospital is set to have an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by Mid-May.
According to Governor Johnson Sakaja, this will be the second ICU unit in the county after the launch of a similiar facility at the Mama Lucy Kibaki hospital several weeks ago.
Speaking after hosting several media houses who toured the facility today; County Executive for Health, Wellness and Nutrition, Dr Anastasia Nyalita stated that “Mbagathi Hospital was built in the 1950s and was known as the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) and served as the infectious diseases isolation facility for the King George VI Hospital, now Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH).”
She recalled that It wasn’t until 1995 that the hospital acquired autonomy from KNH to become a fully-fledged district hospital for Nairobi City.
She stated that under Governor Sakaja’s leadership, the facility is set to become one of the leading hospitals in Nairobi.
“As we speak, we have a state of the art 112 mortuary as well as an internationally accredited laboratory. We also offer general and specialized healthcare services that include outpatient and inpatient services, dental clinic, radiology, renal clinic, eye unit, maternity, nutrition, paediatrics general clinic, and physiotherapy services.”
Currently, Mbagathi Hospital offers services to about 1,200 outpatients on a daily basis and a bed capacity of 320 beds.
Said Dr. Nyalita, “The hospital was able to set up a 160- bed capacity isolation centre as part of the country’s COVID-19 response strategy. Which is now being used as a cholera isolation centre.
“I want to thank Governor Sakaja for his continued support and for ensuring that we are allocated a budget to ensure we bring onboard anour 200 health workers who will be onboarded to serve in various units of this facility.”
“Our priority right now is to offer efficient services to area residents and keep the governors’ manifesto alive.”
