Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) boss Major General Mohammed Badi took the newly sworn in Governor Anne Kananu Mwenda to her first Nairobi tour.
A statement the NMS shared on Thursday, February 11, indicated that the the two leaders toured Uthiru Hospital in Dagoretti.
Mbadi and Kananu assessed the construction works ahead of the unveiling of the Hospital, which is among 24 health facilities to be launched around Nairobi.
It was further noted that advertisement targeting health workers for the new institutions had been shared and that the hiring process was ongoing.
"Construction of these hospitals awaiting hand over, will not only ease the long queues at the county existing hospitals and health centres as well as the National Kenyatta Hospital, but also ease access and ensure quality health services to all .
"Following advertisement and shortlisting of qualified doctors, nurses, ambulance drivers, lab technicians among other officers, these health practitioners have been deployed to these Hospitals and across the county," read the statement in part.
The hospital is among the 24 newly constructed hospitals across Nairobi and surrounding informal settlements.
NMS announced in January, that it was preparing to open the first batch of the newly built hospitals in Nairobi estates.
The first four of the 24 hospitals it constructed that were to be ready for use are in Uthiru, Kiamaiko, Ushirika and Soweto-Kayole.The facilities are both Level 2 and Level 3 hospitals.
NMS also opened a dispensary at Green Park Terminus at Nairobi Railways. Beds, heart rate monitors and sanitisers were installed to curb the spread of Covid-19 pandemic.
The terminus will also include police post, restaurants, supermarket, modern ablution block, restrooms for motorists and commuters.
Mwenda was sworn into office in mid-January.
