First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Wednesday handed over the medical supplies and equipment to Consolata Hospital Kyeni in Embu County.
The Sh40 million consignment of medical supplies and equipment, is the second batch of a donation by America’s Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment popularly known as Project C.U.R.E.
The benevolent healthcare foundation is one of the largest non-profit organizations in the world that delivers medical supplies and equipment to over 130 developing countries.
Speaking during the handing over ceremony, the First Lady said the medical supplies and equipment will boost healthcare provision by the health facility which begun in 1933 as a dispensary and got upgraded to a hospital in 1965.
She observed that the Consolata Hospital has had a major impact on the lives of many Kenyans.
The First Lady commended the hospital for improving its health systems as it moves to scale up its service provision to Kenyans.
She said it’s due to its efforts to secure quality healthcare for Embu residents that it was awarded the Johnson and Johnson’s Best Maternity in Eastern.
“The well- equipped new modern wing which was opened a few months ago, and part of which we are commissioning today, is indeed a true testament of the efforts being made to secure quality healthcare for the people of Embu County,” said the First Lady.
The First Lady delivered the first container of medical supplies and equipment worth Sh40 million to Chemolingot District Hospital in Baringo County in July this year.
Earlier on arrival, the First Lady was conducted on a tour of the hospital where she also commissioned a renal unit.
Embu County Governor Martin Wambora and Runyenjes Member of Parliament Cecily Mbarire thanked the First Lady for her kind gesture, saying her commitment to maternal and child health will forever be engrained in the minds of Kenyans.
“It is not a mean achievement you have done for us, Kenyans. I really admire your passion and compassion for the children and women of this country,” said the Runyenjes MP.
Other speakers included Embu Catholic Bishop Paul Njiru who commended the First Lady for initiating programs that have addressed the healthcare needs of Kenyans across the country.
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