Editorial Desk 
- Nairobi’s newest Level 5 hospital was the result of ‘fruitful collaboration with development partners’
President William Ruto recently opened the AAR Hospital on Kiambu Road, Nairobi.
The president was conducted on a tour of the facility by the hospital’s board members led by its Group CEO Steve Okeyo.
Minister for Health, Susan Nakhumicha, said that the growth of slums and other informal settlements without water and sanitation systems posed an additional burden on the health sector due to the resurgence of diseases such as cholera, which has recently been witnessed in Nairobi and its environs.
“This new hospital will serve a large population of close to 1 million people in the Nairobi North area. This will further help in decongesting our overburdened public health infrastructure,” she said. Addressing the gathering, Okeyo said the new hospital started receiving patients on 19th July, 2021. “We are committed to putting up additional modern hospitals and clinics in various parts of the country and throughout East Africa in the coming years.” “The hospital currently serves 200 patients a day and employs 180 people. At full capacity, we aim to serve more than 400 patients a day and to have more than 300 members of staff,” said Okeyo.
The new hospital, Okeyo added, was built with funds from various donor institutions. “It is a testimony of the great heights that can be achieved where there is goodwill, a conducive environment for investors, and fruitful collaboration with development partners.”
The function was attended by hundreds of health professionals, representatives of donor agencies and collaborating institutions, ministry staff, and other senior government officials.
