Shoe4Africa Childrens Hospital
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| Shoe4Africa Childrens Hospital | |
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| Shoe4Africa | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya, Kenya |
| Coordinates | 0°30′37″N 35°16′49″E / 0.510175°N 35.280140°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public Health Service |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 200 |
| Speciality | Children's hospital |
| History | |
| Opened | August 12th, 2015 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in Kenya |
The Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital is a dedicated public children's hospital in Eldoret, the capital of Uasin Gishu county, Kenya.
It is the first dedicated public children's hospital in East and Central Africa, and the second in Sub-Saharan Africa, after the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, which opened in 1956.
Construction began in 2013 and the hospital officially opened on August 12, 2015. Initially a 105-bed hospital it had been extended to 200 beds by 2018.
The Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital operates as a teaching hospital in partnership with Moi University. Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya's second largest national hospital governs the Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital, that is built within its government grounds.
It is the principal project of Shoe4Africa, a New York charity focused on creating better health and education outcomes focused in Eastern Africa.
The project is expected to cost when completed two billion Kenya shillings Link
Construction of a dedicated kitchen facility to be located next to the children's hospital started in 2016; it is planned to provide child-friendly nutrition for malnourished patients of the hospital.[1]
In the Summer of 2017, annexed buildings were constructed to alleviate overcrowding, the first to be used as Immunization Center for healthy children and HIV patients, the second as a play center to complement the four interior playrooms. In 2018 a basketball court was added for patients and medical school students. The charity announced that a soccer pitch would follow to help children rehabilitate[2] and in May 2019 an astro-turf soccer pitch was opened, and later in the year the Kuunga Mkono classrooms were added to the hospital, making the institution the first hospital in Africa to have children's classrooms inside its complex.[3]
In 2022, Shoe4Africa celebrated treating its millionth patient.[4]
Planned facilities
Construction of the Harry J. Dyer Burns Unit, a planned 35-bed center for treating burns, started in December 2023.
Also planned is a 152-bed pediatric cancer hospital, the Shoe4Africa Juli Anne Perry Children's Cancer Hospital, to be built next door to the children's facility to improve on the existing 30-bed ward space.[5] Construction started in January, 2024.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Lost shoes", People Daily, 12/1/2016
- ^ [1], Daily Nation, 12/31/2018
- ^ [2], HIVISA, 8/1/2019
- ^ Rotich, Bernard (December 13, 2022). "Philanthropist, athletes take Christmas cheer to Shoe4Africa kids". nation.africa.com. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
- ^ [3], Eastern Standard, 1/9/2022