AAR Kenya chairman Dr Frank Njenga [Photo/The Star]
A prominent health care provider has set forward plans to introduce a new hospital wing in the country late this year to help with increasing health care needs of the public.
The company, AAR Health Care Kenya, which has stationed itself in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya will use Sh2.5 billion to build a new facility that will be able to hold over 100 beds.
Since its launch AAR Health Care Kenya mainly focused on outpatient medical services in all of its branches (19 in the country).
During the announcment on Friday at the launch of a new branch in Buruburu, the AAR Kenya chairman, Dr Frank Njenga stated how the provider has improved over the years from intially serving patients strictly coverd by AAR insurance to serving all Kenyans inclusive of those without insurance.
“We now fully understand the space in which we operate and in the next three years we will have expanded our branches threefold so that we reach many people who need healthcare services,” said Dr Njenga as reported by the Daily Nation.
He also confirmed that the hospital will be built in Kiambu County, next tot the CID headquarters, just outside Nairobi.
AAR Health Care Kenya chief executive officer, Charles Kariuki, emphasized in the need to avail medical services for patients specifically in towns where medical facilites are congested.
“We currently cover over 780,000 people every year, but there is need to create convenience to reach more people,” Mr Kariuki said.