Kenyans are soon set to benefit from specialised treatment services as the contractor of the Ksh3.6 billion East Africa Kidney Institute at Kenyatta National Hospital Grounds nears completion.
In her visit on Wednesday, Health CS Susan Nakhumicha noted that the building whose construction kicked off in 2019 will be a centre of excellence in Urology and Nephrology in Eastern Africa.
"It will facilitate the vision of strengthening health training, research and provision of quality Urology and Nephrology services to Kenyans and East Africans at large," she stated.
In its modern design, the building oozes an earthly brown multi-story tripartite shape with a flattering exterior.
When complete, the exterior of the five-storey building will display the sugar cookie cream colour interspersed with alluring blue window panes. Some rooms of the interior, on the other hand, will spot a rough magenta pink.
It will have 25 wards, laboratories, surgical theatres, high-dependency units, consultation rooms and parking yards.
During her trip, Nakhumicha asked the contractor to hasten the construction process to handle the growing demand for kidney treatment.
“You people have given us a variation of Ksh525 million and that’s too much we can’t afford it so you go and look at it. We are delaying people to benefit from the services of the facility that has been put up to serve their interests. Closing the floor and the ceiling that’s not it," she stated during the visit.
"For some people, it’s a matter of life and death. When they get here and they see this institute working they will breathe a sigh of relief. So please go and look at your figures and fine-tune them to make it a bit reasonable because the economy is gradually picking up because we need to see the progress of this initiative to serve its intended purpose.”
She further added that it will offer relief to patients relying on the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) for treatment.
Plans to put up the facility originated in 2015 and were mutually funded by the Africa Development Bank and the Kenyan government.
