Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) will today hold an investor
briefing marking the official start of
the public private partnership (PPP) set to radically change the profile of the national referral facility in the next three years.
the public private partnership (PPP) set to radically change the profile of the national referral facility in the next three years.
KNH board chairman
Nicholas Gumbo Tuesday said bids for the PPP projects were open, adding
the facility was looking forward to concession periods not exceeding 30
years.
The PPP will help build a private unit of KNH on
a five -acre of piece of land. The private facility will have not less
than 300 beds. Currently, KNH has 2,000 beds.
The
proposed Level 6 facility whose construction starts in 2020 is set to
offer premium services and will be a standalone facility with 500 motor
vehicle parking slots.
The successful bidder will also
be expected to manage, maintain as well as procure and install high-tech
medical equipment and oversee delivery of clinical services, the
official said.
“This (PPP) project will free KNH from taking debt to undertake
projects and expand bed capacity that Kenyans are in dire need of,” said
Mr Gumbo.
REVENUE SHARING
“During
the period when the investor will be running the hospital, KNH will get
revenues from the land lease and through the revenue sharing
agreement.”
KNH is set to move the operations of the private wing now housed on the ninth and tenth floors of the referral hospital.
The
current private wing has a bed capacity of about 200 and it is
envisaged that once the operations of the new facility begin, it will
create space for the expansion of the general public wards by up to 400
beds.
“Kenya does not have adequate medical facilities
due to financial constraints and diseases continue to be a major burden
for the country. Lack of access to basic and specialised healthcare
services has been a recurring issue in Kenya and current medical
facilities do not match the demand,” said Mr Gumbo.
Kenyas’s
PPP programme status report of June 2018 said the construction of the
block is targeted at reducing patients’ need for travel out of the
country for treatment.
Kenya has a relatively poor
public health infrastructure plagued by an acute shortage of doctors, a
lack of essential drugs and medical equipment.
This is coupled with inability of poor patients to afford healthcare in expensive private hospitals.
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