Ruto to commission Kerugoya Level 5 county referral hospital

Kirinyaga residents are set to benefit from the opening of Kerugoya Level Five County Referral Hospital.

The opening of the hospital will be a relief to residents who will receive specialised medical services in the county.

President William Ruto will open the five-storey complex hospital on Tuesday.

The hospital was initiated by Governor Anne Waiguru with the aim of providing the county residents with accessible and affordable high-quality health services.

It is an accomplishment of the county’s development blueprint- The Mountain Cities 2032 which designates Kirinyaga Central constituency as the ‘Wellness City’.

Kirinyaga Health County Executive Committee Member George Karoki said some of the services that will be offered at the hospital include comprehensive outpatient and in-patient services.

Others are specialized medical services including paediatrics, ENT, oncology, dermatology, orthopaedics, neuro-paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, maternal and neonatal care.

He said the new hospital will ease pressure on Kerugoya Level Four Hospital with its inpatient capacity of 341 beds.

"Availability of a medical gas plant improves our county’s preparedness for any unprecedented high demand for oxygen as the one brought about by Covid-19 sometime back. We are now better prepared to handle patients requiring special treatment since we have a well-equipped ICU," he said.

He added that the hospital has a fully equipped emergency, crush trauma and casualty wing with eight observation beds, designated X-ray centre and an operating theatre.

He assured the county residents of receiving excellent services at the new hospital.