The Pediatric Wing of NNPGH
The Muriithi-Wellde CRC | Kisian

Three pediatricians are on staff (one of whom is employed by the WRP) and there are routine 24-hour nursing coverage, and blood transfusion and oxygen supplementation capabilities. Limited laboratory support will also be available at the new WRP-Kisumu headquarters building adjacent to the new pediatric ward. Prevailing conditions in the ward are austere. In the near future, however, the pediatric department plans to move to a new, more spacious building immediately adjacent to the existing hospital compound. 

This new facility will represent a significant upgrade with expansion to 64 beds and new laboratory, pharmacy, and outpatient departments.  It is a 79-room, 1,682 m² facility with 62 beds (20 each in two general wards, 10 each in a high-dependency ward and an isolation ward). The entire existing pediatrics service with the exception of a 20 bed “Burkett’s Lymphoma” ward, will soon relocate to the new building. IN addition to the wards, the new facility includes an outpatient department with  consultation rooms, two acute treatment rooms, 12 treatment bays, a laboratory, phlebotomy room, satellite pharmacy, several offices and meeting rooms, on-call rooms, laundry, children’s play room, central courtyard, sleeping room for mothers, stores, and utility rooms.