Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya. [Photo/The Star]
Kakamega governor Wycliffe Oparanya has stated hat Shs6 billion County Teaching and Referral Hospital will begin operations in July 2018.
Oparanya said the county is looking for Sh2 billion to buy equipment for the facility.
“We have also agreed with the government of India to periodically send their doctors to deal with complicated health issues because we still have a shortage of medical consultants,” Oparanya said.
When complete the facility will accommodate at least 500-bed making it the first referral hospital in the Western region.
The governor also said they have set up a cancer center and hired experts.
Oparanya was speaking when he unveiled the Kakamega County Maternal Child Health and Family Planning Act at Golf hotel in Kakamega town on Thursday.