First Lady officially opens state of the art maternity wing

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has officially opened a Ksh.500million state of the art maternity wing in Nakuru.

The facility within Nakuru Level Five Hospital is the second largest in the country after Pumwani Maternity Hospital.


The wing, co-funded both the National Government and Nakuru County, has a bed capacity of 250 and is expected to ensure safer delivery of babies.


Congestion at Nakuru Level 5 hospital is expected to be a thing of the past after First Lady Margaret .The Sh450 million Mother-Baby Wing was unveiled in a colourful event on Wednesday. Host Governor Lee Kinyanjui and other dignitaries were present at the launch.


The maternity wing is expected to handle patients from Rift Valley counties namely Bomet, Baringo, Narok, Kericho, Samburu, Laikipia, and Nyandarua.

The unit has four modern theatres – installed with shadeless lamps, antenatal, and postnatal clinics; will offer pregnancy care and safe childbirth to boost universal healthcare.

Nakuru Level Five medical superintendent Joseph Mburu earlier said the current maternity wing is overstretched, a situation that forced pregnant mothers to share beds.

 

Children born with complications will get specialised care at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. There are also isolation wards for newborns at the newly-constructed facility.


The launch is likely to see the facility upgraded to Level Six like Kenyatta National Hospital and the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital.

Nakuru has 14 sub-county hospitals. The facilities still face infrastructure, human resource, and drug supplies challenges.

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