Kiambu Governor William Kabogo. He is inspecting the facility to be launched in June. Photo/the-star]
In a move to improve health care service delivery, Kiambu county government is set to open a Sh800 million maternity facility next month.
The construction of the 375-bed Reproductive Health Unit will help to address the dire shortage of beds in maternity facilities in the county.
Kiambu governor, William Kabogo inspected the facility Thursday last week. He noted that installation of beds and other equipment will be done in the first week of June.
“The facility will be one of its own kind in the country and it will greatly improve healthcare service delivery to residents and non-residents. We are happy to announce that the unit will be ready for use next month,” Kabogo said.
“In the old days, a facility like this one would have cost the national government Sh2 billion and still be left incomplete. But we have managed to use the strained resources at our disposal effectively,” he added.
Kabogo was accompanied with Deputy Governor Gerald Githinji, Health chief officer Stephen Njuguna and other county officials.