NTRH Numbers That Baffle Critics
Updated on: Mar 11, 2021
On average 700 patients attend Nanyuki Teaching and Referral Hospital in a weekday.
In addition, a total of 50,000 patients are attended to in this hospital every quarter. This is just slightly below the workload of Nyeri Level Five hospital which is bigger in terms of resources and facilities. Despite its importance to patients, NTRH has over the years borne the brunt of politics and politicians. It has been a victim of bashing and a playfield for wannabe politicians and any other Dick and Harry who have been peddling baseless propaganda. But patients have defied all the social media noise to seek various healthcare service at NTRH and the daily numbers have continued to rise.
In 2019 the average patient visit in a day was 600. Indeed, over 40,000 NHIF members have chosen the hospital as their treatment centre for them and their families. They would not do so if the facility was not providing services as alluded by the budding politicians.
Despite being surrounded by other health facilities like Kiirua Mission, Huruma, Cottage, Nyeri County Referral Hospital many citizens find NTRH the best hospital for simply because they will be served well.
The government has been making deliberate efforts to improve service delivery and is driving the process to have become a Level Five facility. On top of having three consultation rooms, the facility also has several specialized clinics, most of which open from Monday to Friday to target as many people.
The dental clinic, which usually caters for big number of patients. About 50 per cent pf the patients, that is from other counties, are usually referred to NTRH. It also has a nutritionist to offer guidance on the best eating habits that lower chances of attracting kidney diseases. The Clinic runs on every workday. Two dentists take care of patients at the dental clinic in the hospital. People with different problems with their teeth, jaws and gums converge at the facility every Monday to Friday for treatment.
Issuance of medical certificates for the food handlers has been eased for all the processes to take place in one place. Today, a person requiring a medical certificate starts the process and within a few hours the card is out.
NTRH hosts a POC machine to cater for the HIV positive mothers to determine the status of the infant and the mother. The machine now takes at most two hours to produce the results. Elsewhere, getting such results goes up to 30 days.
A cancer clinic has been set up at the hospital to encourage early cancer detection and treatment. A new project dealing with Haemophilia and Sickle Cell is soon coming up.
Due to the increasing number of gender-based violence a centre to specifically deal with such cases was set-up. Many people visit the centre for various kinds of advice.
Something that stands out at NTRH is the Comprehensive Care Unit that houses HDU and ICU. The ICU has a capacity of five, while the HDU can has 15 beds.
In addition, a total of 50,000 patients are attended to in this hospital every quarter. This is just slightly below the workload of Nyeri Level Five hospital which is bigger in terms of resources and facilities. Despite its importance to patients, NTRH has over the years borne the brunt of politics and politicians. It has been a victim of bashing and a playfield for wannabe politicians and any other Dick and Harry who have been peddling baseless propaganda. But patients have defied all the social media noise to seek various healthcare service at NTRH and the daily numbers have continued to rise.
In 2019 the average patient visit in a day was 600. Indeed, over 40,000 NHIF members have chosen the hospital as their treatment centre for them and their families. They would not do so if the facility was not providing services as alluded by the budding politicians.
Despite being surrounded by other health facilities like Kiirua Mission, Huruma, Cottage, Nyeri County Referral Hospital many citizens find NTRH the best hospital for simply because they will be served well.
The government has been making deliberate efforts to improve service delivery and is driving the process to have become a Level Five facility. On top of having three consultation rooms, the facility also has several specialized clinics, most of which open from Monday to Friday to target as many people.
The dental clinic, which usually caters for big number of patients. About 50 per cent pf the patients, that is from other counties, are usually referred to NTRH. It also has a nutritionist to offer guidance on the best eating habits that lower chances of attracting kidney diseases. The Clinic runs on every workday. Two dentists take care of patients at the dental clinic in the hospital. People with different problems with their teeth, jaws and gums converge at the facility every Monday to Friday for treatment.
Issuance of medical certificates for the food handlers has been eased for all the processes to take place in one place. Today, a person requiring a medical certificate starts the process and within a few hours the card is out.
NTRH hosts a POC machine to cater for the HIV positive mothers to determine the status of the infant and the mother. The machine now takes at most two hours to produce the results. Elsewhere, getting such results goes up to 30 days.
A cancer clinic has been set up at the hospital to encourage early cancer detection and treatment. A new project dealing with Haemophilia and Sickle Cell is soon coming up.
Due to the increasing number of gender-based violence a centre to specifically deal with such cases was set-up. Many people visit the centre for various kinds of advice.
Something that stands out at NTRH is the Comprehensive Care Unit that houses HDU and ICU. The ICU has a capacity of five, while the HDU can has 15 beds.
