A new Kidney and Urology Centre is on the horizon for Kenya, which promises to advance the level of care for kidney and urinary tract diseases in Kenya and beyond.
The East Africa Kidney Institute will be home to the East Africa Centre of Excellence (EACE) for Urology and Nephrology. The mission is quite evident: to address complex cases of kidney and urology-related problems, train medical personnel, and advance medical research to further improve patient care.
It is claimed that Phase One of the project has been completed, and the center is ready to commence its first operations upon official commissioning. Future plans include adding more facilities to the center upon completion of the third and fourth floors.
The center received a recent boost when members of the National Development Implementation Committee (NDIC) Social Sector Subcommittee visited the center to inspect progress.
The tour was led by Mr. James Ntabo of the Ministry of Health, who represented Medical Services Principal Secretary Dr. Ouma Oluga.
During the tour, the officials inspected the readiness of the facility to begin operations and whether it meets the standard of a Level 6B Centre of Excellence.
The centre is one of the flagship health projects under the government’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
The officials also spoke of the purpose of expanding access to specialized healthcare services so that patients will not have to travel outside the country to access such services.
Other officials included Principal Secretaries Carren Ageng’o of Children Welfare Services and Fikirini Jacobs of Youth Affairs, directors from the Ministry of Health and officials from the Government Delivery Unit.
The centre is expected to train more specialists and reduce the burden on other referral hospitals, giving hope to thousands of patients suffering from kidney and urology problems.
