Eldoret-based Moi Teaching and
Referral Hospital has sought
approval to build Africa’s largest
hospital with 4,000 beds to service
western Kenya’s 24 million people.
South Africa’s Chris Hani
Baragwanath Hospital with, 3,400
beds is currently the largest.
According to regulatory filings, the
Sh28 billion project, earmarked for
construction on 200 acres at
Kiplombe on the outskirts of
Eldoret town, will complement
services offered at its current
multi-specialty 1,000-bed centre on
Nandi Road.
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The report says the 4,000 beds will
be accommodated in six multi-
storeyed buildings and an
accompanying 36 nursing units. It
adds that 22 new general
outpatient clinics will be hosted in
a three-floor complex that will also
accommodate a paediatric clinic,
thereby easing congestion and fast-
tracking dispensation of services to
residents.
The notice contained in the Kenya
Gazette said a five-floor medical
technology block will be put up as
well as a separate administration
office block with new staff
apartments. The plan includes a
research development and
innovation building on a separate
block.
The announcement indicates an
end to a raging ownership row
with a group of squatters that
hampered commencement of the
project last year.
The new project dwarfs the biggest
referral and regional hospital,
Kenyatta National Hospital, that
currently has 1,800 beds and 6,000
members of staff.
On Monday, National
Environmental Management
Authority said it would make its
decision known in the next 30
days.
There had been a long-standing
legal battle between the hospital
and the Kenya Prison Service over
ownership of a section of the land.
But the dispute was resolved after
the National Land Commission
permitted the use of the property
for the hospital project.
Referral Hospital has sought
approval to build Africa’s largest
hospital with 4,000 beds to service
western Kenya’s 24 million people.
South Africa’s Chris Hani
Baragwanath Hospital with, 3,400
beds is currently the largest.
According to regulatory filings, the
Sh28 billion project, earmarked for
construction on 200 acres at
Kiplombe on the outskirts of
Eldoret town, will complement
services offered at its current
multi-specialty 1,000-bed centre on
Nandi Road.
RELATED CONTENT
Moi referral hospital
accused of illegally
deducting staff pay
Rotich memo raises
parastatal board
members pay 87 per
cent
The report says the 4,000 beds will
be accommodated in six multi-
storeyed buildings and an
accompanying 36 nursing units. It
adds that 22 new general
outpatient clinics will be hosted in
a three-floor complex that will also
accommodate a paediatric clinic,
thereby easing congestion and fast-
tracking dispensation of services to
residents.
The notice contained in the Kenya
Gazette said a five-floor medical
technology block will be put up as
well as a separate administration
office block with new staff
apartments. The plan includes a
research development and
innovation building on a separate
block.
The announcement indicates an
end to a raging ownership row
with a group of squatters that
hampered commencement of the
project last year.
The new project dwarfs the biggest
referral and regional hospital,
Kenyatta National Hospital, that
currently has 1,800 beds and 6,000
members of staff.
On Monday, National
Environmental Management
Authority said it would make its
decision known in the next 30
days.
There had been a long-standing
legal battle between the hospital
and the Kenya Prison Service over
ownership of a section of the land.
But the dispute was resolved after
the National Land Commission
permitted the use of the property
for the hospital project.