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coordinates 01 18 04 s 36 48 26 e 1 30111 s 36 80722 e 1 30111 36 80722 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia hospital in nairobi kenya kenyatta national hospital geography location hospital road upper hill nairobi kenya organisation care system social health authorit sha type general medical and surgical services affiliated university public services emergency department yes beds 1 800 history founded 1901 125 years ago 1901 links website homepage lists hospitals in kenya other links list of hospitals in kenya the kenyatta national hospital is the oldest hospital in nairobi kenya which was established in 1901 as the native civil hospital 1 but later changed in 1963 to kenyatta national hospital it is a public tertiary referral hospital for the ministry of health it is also the teaching hospital of the university of nairobi college of health sciences it is the largest hospital in the country and east africa as well 2 location edit the hospital is located in the area to the immediate west of upper hill in nairobi the capital and largest city of kenya 3 its location is about 3 5 kilometres 2 mi west of the city s central business district 4 the hospital complex measures 45 7 acres 18 5 ha 5 history edit knh was founded as the native civil hospital in 1901 with a bed capacity of 40 in 1952 it was renamed the king george vi hospital after king george vi of the united kingdom at that time the settler community was served by the nearby european hospital now nairobi hospital the facility was renamed kenyatta national hospital after jomo kenyatta following independence from the british capacity and size edit it is currently the largest referral and teaching hospital in the country kenyatta national hospital employs over 6 000 staff and has a bed capacity of 1 800 5 however due to congestion the patient numbers can rise as high as 3 000 2 administration edit the hospital is administered by a 10 person board of directors chaired by george ooko a non physician non executive board member the current chief executive officer is dr richard lesiyampe the principal of the college of health sciences of the university of nairobi and representatives from the ministry of finance and from the ministry of health also sit on the board 6 it also serves as a teaching hospital of the kenya medical training college nairobi campus among many other institutions that are affiliated to the facility due to its advanced specialisation in medical services in the country and beyond knh serves as the teaching hospital of the college of health sciences at the university of nairobi 7 notable staff edit shitsama nyamweya neurosurgeon jemimah kariuki gynaecologist see also edit list of hospitals in kenya ministry of health kenya catherine nyongesa list of brutalist structures references edit our history kenyatta national hospital knh or ke retrieved 15 may 2025 1 2 merab elizabeth 13 january 2016 knh plans to end outpatient services in two years in bid to reduce congestion daily nation nairobi retrieved 23 october 2016 location of kenyatta national hospital map google maps retrieved 23 october 2016 distance between kenyatta international convention centre harambee avenue city square nairobi county kenya and kenyatta national hospital nairobi nairobi county kenya globefeed 23 october 2016 retrieved 23 october 2016 1 2 about kenyatta national hospital nairobi kenyatta national hospital knh 23 october 2016 retrieved 23 october 2016 knh 23 october 2016 kenyatta national hospital board of directors nairobi kenyatta national hospital knh archived from the original on 30 october 2016 retrieved 23 october 2016 heather susan ruturi 2013 intensive outpatient treatment center a necessity at kenyatta national hospital nairobi kenya bethesda maryland usa national institute of drug abuse archived from the original on 23 october 2016 retrieved 23 october 2016 external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to kenyatta national hospital website of kenyatta national hospital website of ministry of health kenya archived 3 march 2009 at the wayback machine authority control databases international isni viaf national united states 01 18 04 s 36 48 26 e 1 30111 s 36 80722 e 1 30111 36 80722 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title kenyatta_national_hospital oldid 1362497513 categories hospital buildings completed in 1901 hospitals established in 1901 hospitals in nairobi jomo kenyatta buildings and structures in nairobi 1901 establishments in africa hidden categories use british english from march 2014 all wikipedia articles written in british english use dmy dates from march 2014 articles with short description short description is different from wikidata pages using infobox mapframe without shape links in wikidata commons category link is on wikidata webarchive template wayback links pages using gadget wikiminiatlas coordinates on wikidata pages using the kartographer extension this page was last edited on 4 july 2026 at 09 56 utc 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