Nairobi-based Kabarak University Teaching Research and
Referral Mission Hospital is partnering with General Electric (GE) Healthcare
to develop a 500-bed, state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary tertiary
hospital to be located in Kabarak, Nakuru County, reports NaijaAgroNet.
GE Healthcare, NaijaAgroNet gathered would be the technology provider for the
proposed Kabarak University Teaching Research & Referral Mission Hospital.
In addition, the project scope will comprise of a 250 bed
Kabarak University Hospital Nairobi and modernization of 23 mission of
hospitals under Christian Health Association of Kenya (CHAK).
The $450-Million medical campus, NaijaAgroNet reports is expected to
commence operations in 2020.
NaijaAgroNet gathered
that Kabarak University Teaching Research and Referral Mission Hospital’s
mission is to build an economically sustainable, center of excellence hospital
that will deliver internationally accredited standards of care and is set to become
a catalyst for strengthening healthcare services in Kenya, as well as
furthering advanced research in the region.
Using the US Green Building Council’s LEED certification
programme, NaijaAgroNet reports
that Kabarak University will design, build, maintain, operate an environmentally
sustainable, cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings, while
proclaiming its motto: We Treat with God’s love.
The project which will be set on 100 hectares of land will
also develop medical tourism to Kenya leveraging the specialized treatment the
hospital will offer.
GEHealthcare will assist the university with
infrastructure development, technology transfer, education and capacity
building to support a better health system and patient outcomes. The project
will be financed by US based Private Equity Sygec international among other
stakeholders.
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