Kikuyu Hospital
Kikuyu, Kenya
Kikuyu Hospital is the oldest mission hospital
in Kenya, established in 1908 by Scottish Presbyterian Missionaries. At
Thogoto, they set up a center to teach boys to read and write, a Bible
teaching center and a first aid center which is now the hospital,
operated by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa.
The hospital is located some 25 kilometers from the center of Nairobi,
not far from Kikuyu Township. The facility has nine buildings and a
total of 195 beds.
Ophthalmological care is the the largest service at Kikuyu Hospital. The
ophthalmology unit offers all aspects of eye care, from prevention
through primary care, mobile clinics and surgery. Training programs are
provided for doctors, nurses and technicians.
The Kikuyu Hospital has a Community Based Health Care Program at the
hospital and in the surrounding communities of Kerwa, Kanyanjara,
Nguriunditu and Ruthigiti. The program offers maternal and child health
clinics, AIDS/HIV prevention and education, family planning, and
diabetes education.
Kikuyu Rehab Center
The Rehabilitation Center at Kikuyu Hospital in
Kenya is a project of Medical Benevolence Foundation. The goal is to
assist the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA), to provide an
opportunity for physically disabled persons to move from dependency
toward independence through programs of surgical, physical, social,
spiritual, and vocational rehabilitation. The center provides a model
for rehabilitation and conducts training courses for health
professionals in rehabilitation.
The Kikuyu Orthopedic Rehabilitation Center is a pioneer project that
ministers to tens of thousands of children and adults from across Kenya
and parts of Tanzania. It also serves refugees coming from Somalia and
Sudan, providing surgical restoration, adaptive devices such as braces,
and education which allows people to recover from and/or live with their
disability — all in the name of Christ.
The center provides basic reconstructive surgery for children and some
adults with such problems as club foot, polio deformities, contractures,
burns and congenital musculoskeletal diseases.
It is linked with other agencies caring for disabled children. Many of
the current patients are from the some 100,000 Somali refugees now in
Kenya. They are coming with old gunshot and land mine wounds as well as
neglected fractures.
The center provides training in orthopedic surgery, physical therapy,
occupational therapy, and appropriate technology for
limb/brace/wheelchair construction. A relationship has been established
with The Wilson Leprosy and Rehabilitation Center in Korea through both
grants and volunteer personnel from Wilson. A number of international
agencies are supporting patient’s fees.
The Medical Benevolence Foundation is raising funds for medical
equipment and charity care at this facility.
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