The Nairobi Hospital

Private Nairobi hospital founded in 1954

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Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

The Nairobi Hospital


Geography
Location	Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya
Organisation
Care system	NHIF
Type	General Medical Services
Affiliated university	The Nairobi Hospital College of Health Sciences
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	355+ (2016) 750 (Planned)^[1]
History
Opened	9 April 1954; 70 years ago (1954-04-09)
Links
Website	thenairobihosp.org
Other links	List of hospitals in Kenya

The Nairobi Hospital is a private hospital located in Upper Hill area, Nairobi, Kenya.The hospital was founded in 1954 as the European Hospital, a hospital for Europeans.

Location

It is located along Argwings Kodhek Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi.^[2] The hospital is located approximately 4.5 kilometres (3 mi) west of Kenyatta International Conference Centre.^[3] The coordinates of the hospital are 01°17'46.0"S, 36°48'17.0"E (Latitude:-1.296115; Longitude:36.804718).^[4]

Overview

The Nairobi Hospital was established to replace the smaller older Nairobi European Hospital (1902), that had become too small, as the new European Hospital.^[5] The institution was officially opened on 9 April 1954, as an exclusively European Hospital, in Kenya, which was then a colony of the United Kingdom. On 19 October 1961, it began serving non-Europeans and the name was changed to The Nairobi Hospital.^[6]

References

^ Njoroge, Kiarie (1 August 2016). "Nairobi Hospital launches Sh5.7 billion expansion plan". Business Daily Africa. Nairobi. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ TNH (1 August 2016). "The Nairobi Hospital: About Us". Nairobi: The Nairobi Hospital (TNH). Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ Globefeed.com (1 August 2016). "Distance between Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya and The Nairobi Hospital, Argwings Kodhek Road, Nairobi, Kenya". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ Google (1 August 2016). "Location of The Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "The History of the Nairobi Hospital". Paukwa. 30 August 2023.
^ TNH (1 August 2016). "The Nairobi Hospital History". Nairobi: The Nairobi Hospital (TNH). Retrieved 1 August 2016.