The Mwai Kibaki Teaching and Referral Hospital in Othaya, Nyeri, is geared towards becoming a fully operational Level VI facility, the hospital's board chairman, Retired General Robert Kibochi, has confirmed.
Speaking after hosting the National Assembly Standing Committee on Health for an inspection tour, General Kibochi stated that the facility is currently in its transition phase after it was gazetted as a parastatal in September last year and that the board is working to operationalize its first five-year' strategic plan. "This facility now has a bigger responsibility of not only offering specialised treatment but also supporting training in the field of medicine.
Currently we have a team of doctors and we are hoping that once we bring in more equipment, we will get more specialized doctors and we will be able to do more than our current capacity," said General Kibochi.
The 350-bed capacity hospital was gazetted as an autonomous parastatal with its own board of management and independent budget on September 20, 2024.
