Kenyatta Hospital plans top-end wing

What you need to know:

  • There is already a private wing with 209 beds at the hospital. Once completed, the new wing will enable Kenyatta to handle more patients and generate more money.
  • Nairobi Hospital is also sprucing up, as competition for the top earners gears up.

The Kenyatta National Hospital is to put up a new high-class wing to effectively compete with private health care givers.

The referral hospital will construct a 300-bed private wing. Yesterday, it advertised for a transaction adviser to carry out a feasibility study.
Its new wing will be targeted at the high spenders and those requiring specialised treatment and care.

The hospital said the construction of the private wing would be done through a Public-Private Partnership and that some investors had been approached.

There is already a private wing with 209 beds at the hospital. Once completed, the new wing will enable Kenyatta to handle more patients and generate more money.
The consultant is expected to come up with the design.

Cost

The cost of the new wing will be established by the adviser, who will also recommend its location.

According to the notice in the daily newspapers, the transaction adviser will also provide “technical inputs, including identification of potential private investors and the development of a set of contractual schemes of partnership options, in accordance with the existing applicable laws”.

The hospital has 50 wards, 22 out-patient clinics, 24 theatres (16 specialised) and an accident and emergency department.
It has a total bed capacity of 1,800 beds.

Other hospitals in Nairobi have special wings for top spenders.

Nairobi Hospital is also sprucing up, as competition for the top earners gears up.

The Aga Khan Hospital also plans a 600-bed expansion.

Metropolitan and Gertrude’s Children’s hospitals are also keen on attracting the high-end patients, and they have recently put up new wings.