New Kenyan hospital to cater for medical tourists
15-Jun-17, The Star
Kabarak University has partnered with international organisations to build a KES46.5 bn (USD446,000) mission hospital with 500 beds, a centre of excellence. The Kabarak University Teaching Research and Referral Mission Hospital is expected to open in 2020.
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It will offer services in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery, cancer treatment, women and child healthcare, stem cell and regenerative medicine, neurology and minimally invasive surgery.
The hospital complex on 247 acres in Nakuru is expected to promote medical tourism in Kenya, leveraging the specialised treatment the facility will offer. It will also include 250-bed Kabarak University Hospital, Nakuru, and modernisation of 23 mission hospitals under the Christian Health Association of Kenya.