Kenyatta National Hospital to Set Up Sh15 Billion Private Medical Facility

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is reportedly planning to set up a private hospital at a cost of Sh15 billion.

The seven-storey private medical facility is expected to fund public services in the parent institution, according to Business Daily.

In a public notice published in the newspapers, KNH indicated the 300-bed private facility will sit on 3.6 hectares and will be put up under a public-private partnership (PPP).

“Kenyatta National Hospital Board (KNHB) now wishes to have developed a separate private hospital (the Project) under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement that will serve fee-paying private patients, hence providing a source of additional funding to support the main public hospital,” says the published request for qualification (RFQ) notice.

The level 6 hospital will offer premium services and its parking lot will have the capacity to accommodate 500 cars at a go. Its construction is expected to begin next year.

“The prospective bidder must have acted as a hospital operator for not less than five years in a performance-based Level 6 specialist healthcare facility under a public-public partnership contract or a privately run Level 6 facility with a minimum 300 beds,” says the RFQ.

The feasibility study for the private hospital is being undertaken by Ernst & Young and will the first healthcare public-private partnership (PPP) project in Kenya. Under PPP, investors build and own a facility for a number of years to recoup their money and make a profit before handing it over to the State.