Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital is the second National Referral Hospital in Kenya. The Hospital is located along Nandi Road in
Eldoret
Eldoret is a city in the Rift Valley region of Kenya. It serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. Located in western Kenya and lying south of the Cherangani Hills, the local elevation varies from about at the Eldoret International Air ...
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Uasin Gishu County
Uasin Gishu County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the former Rift Valley Province. Eldoret city has the county's largest population centre as well as its administrative and commercial centre. It is bordered by Elgeyo-Marakwet to t ...
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Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital was founded in 1917 and operated as a district hospital before attaining referral status in 1988.
The hospital governs the Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital, a 200-bed fully serviced paediatric teaching hospital that is built within its grounds and is the only public children's hospital in East Africa. The Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital was opened in 2015, and in 2022, celebrated treating its millionth patient.
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Healthcare in Kenya
Kenya's health care system is structured in a step-wise manner so that complicated cases are referred to a higher level. Gaps in the system are filled by private and church run units.
* Level 1 Community Health Units
* Level 2 Dispensaries a ...
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Hospitals in Kenya
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1917 establishments in Africa