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- Kenyatta National Hospital
Kenyatta National Hospital
Kenya
| Borrower | Kenya |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Health |
| Approved | 16.12.2008 |
| Signed | 03.02.2009 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Loan Administrator | BADEA |
| Executing Agency | Kenyatta National Hospital |
| Co-financiers | BADEA, SFD, Government |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 8.00 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 23.83 |
The project will build two four-story facilities; one which will serve as a fully-equipped pediatric center with operating theaters, an emergency room, an intensive care unit and a neonatal unit. The center will also offer teaching and research facilities for medical students from Kenyan universities. The other building will be used as a burns management center with areas for hydrotherapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, as well as laboratories and operating theaters. In addition to containing 30 beds for adult in-patients, a 24-bed pediatric ward will also be built. Plastic surgeons and nurses specializing in burns management will also be hired.