Citizens Impressed By The Range Of Services Available At Nyahururu County Referral Hospital
Nyahururu County Referral Hospital opened its doors to members of the public customers during a first-ever customer open day on June 26 th, 2021.
The community engaged the government and management of the hospital on the hospital on the operations of the health facility.
They were able to familiarize themselves with different departments in the hospital in a move to assess the operations.
The forum was organized to engage residents on service delivery at the facility and map out of improving.
Nyahururu hospital serves about 600 outpatients per day. Its range of services, outpatient, maternal and child health clinics, specialist clinic services, radiology, and laboratory services.
The hospital's Chief Executive Officer Dr. Patrick Waihenya took the community through its five-year business plan.
The community forum is an engagement created by the County Government to bring customers onboard and understand better what the hospital deals with on a daily basis in their operation.
Members of the public aired their views freely on the areas of improvement while appreciating the benefit that the facility offers to the surrounding residents.
Customers were given a chance to inspect different offices in order to have first-hand information on the status of the hospital, instead of relying on individuals who might be telling a different story. They inspected drug stores, wards, and upcoming mother-child hospitals, and they were satisfied with the progress so far.
The hospital plays a crucial role in the referral system in the county by supporting other health centres that cannot be able to perform certain medical procedures needed. There is a need to support the medical team working in the hospital in order to deliver on their mandate, and where there is a problem ensure they engage hospital management to address it.
During the forum, Governor Ndiritu Muriithi stressed the need to ensure residents enroll in National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) through biometric registration. This will help the County to implement universal health care for every member through preventive and promotive health.
They can be able to protect individuals to access medical care by regularly visiting health centers. This will reduce pressure on two major hospitals in the county, Nyahururu and Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital (NTRH).
We are going to improve our health facilities by equipping them well to meet medical demands.
Governor Muriithi said.
