Mwai Kibaki Hospital – KNH

Mwai Kibaki Hospital-KNH is a level 6 teaching and referral hospital located in Othaya, Nyeri County. The hospital is a center of excellence with a 350 bed capacity offering specialized inpatient and outpatient healthcare services to patients from all corners of the country, more so from eleven (11) counties within the Mt. Kenya region. (Nyeri, Muranga, Embu, Karatina, Isiolo, Marsabit, Meru, Tharaka-nithi, Samburu, Nanyuki and Kirinyaga). The hospital has the surgical division and the medical division. The surgical division: Draws together faculty and staff from several departments (a multi-disciplinary team) to enhance patient care and research. It comprises of:

• Acute Care Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Pediatric Surgery
• General, Endocrine and Metabolic Surgery
• Surgical Oncology
• Transplantation
• Vascular and Endovascular

The Medical Division: draws together specialist units to manage the patients discharged from the hospital in the out-patient clinics and other treatment units. Specialized Services Include:

• Orthopaedic
• Endocrinology
• Maxillofacial
• Psychiatry
• Paediatric
• Neurology
• Urology
• Ophthalmology
• ENT
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Cardiology
• Oncology
• Neurosurgery
• Dermatology

General services offered include;

• General Consultation
• 24hr A & E
• Chemotherapy
• Nutrition Counselling
• Outpatient Procedure (dressing & injections)
• Gender Based Violence Clinic
• Occupational Therapy
• Counselling services
• 24hr Pharmacy
• Immunization
• Physiotherapy

Other services being offered at the facility include: