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.
@FirstLadyKenya officially opens the ‘Margaret Kenyatta Mother Baby Wing’ at the Nakuru Level 5 Hospital.
This is a great achievement for Nakuru County.#NakuruMotherBabyWing pic.twitter.com/AAmoSAfbxS— AYO VICTOR (@AyoVicta) October 17, 2018
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.
The only reason I voted in uhuru Kenyatta was his wife… Opening Nakuru baby hospital #NakuruMotherBabyWing pic.twitter.com/0Y6iLF6bFS
— Gitau® (@ItsGitau_) October 17, 2018
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.
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta lauds Governor Lee Kinyanjui for building a state of the art Mother Baby Wing aimed at improving maternal health in the County.#NakuruMotherBabyWing pic.twitter.com/v9MVJptERw
— Julie Omondi (@omondijulie) October 17, 2018
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.
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta lauds Governor Lee Kinyanjui for building a state of the art Mother Baby Wing aimed at improving maternal health in the County @GovLeeKinyanjui#NakuruMotherBabyWing pic.twitter.com/vUHl9h2M5F
— Trending in Kenya (@TrendingKen) October 17, 2018
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.
“Margaret Kenyatta” with my great doctor!!! erick korir doing it well in Nakuru County. #NakuruMotherBabyWing pic.twitter.com/L8jsJTILyP
— Elijah Okemwa (@elijah1334) October 17, 2018
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.
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta unveils Nakuru’s Sh450m maternity unit https://t.co/sXElD3DuOF #NakuruMotherBabyWing
— Gilbert Rono (@GRono) October 17, 2018