Kimanjo Hospital Medical Equipment Donation

Project Summary

Rotary Club of Nyeri hosted a Global Grant that equipped a rural Laikipia hospital with medical equipment worth about KES 35.3 million, bringing diagnostic, maternal and child health care closer to thousands of people.

Community Need

Kimanjo Sub-County Hospital serves a rural and underserved community. Before the project, patients often travelled about 70 km to Nanyuki for hospital services. The hospital’s doctors and nurses were trained, but the facility lacked the equipment and supplies to meet the community’s healthcare needs.

What We Did

Club of Nyeri acted as host club for a Global Grant with the Rotary Club of Denver, Colorado, working with the Ol Lentille Trust. Equipment donated through Project C.U.R.E. was loaded in Colorado in February 2017, shipped to Kenya and delivered to the hospital in May 2017, where the community, hospital staff and Nyeri Rotarians unloaded it. Rotary later bought an additional hematology analyser (completed April 2018) and funded maternal and neonatal healthcare training for hospital staff and community members.

Project at a Glance

What We Delivered

X-ray C-arm unit and X-ray aprons.

ICU beds, delivery beds and baby incubators.

Suction machines, surgical instrument kits and suture sets.

Wheelchairs, gurneys, crutches and bedside cabinets.

Blood-drawing supplies and other consumables.

Computer equipment.

Additional hematology analyzer (2018).

Maternal and neonatal healthcare training.

Hospital plaque and road signage.

Project Partners

Rotary Club of Denver, Colorado.

Ol Lentille Trust, Cooperating Organisation.

Project C.U.R.E., Equipment Donor.

African Wildlife Foundation.

Impact Metrics

9,864

People directly reached

822

Individuals reporting better quality of health care

700

Children under five receiving medical treatment

Mothers receiving prenatal care

Communities reporting decreased under-five mortality

Impact

The project went beyond shipping equipment. It strengthened a rural hospital’s ability to diagnose and treat patients close to home. The project report records that the additional equipment allowed doctors to serve many more patients, and that the extra blood analyzer made diagnosis faster and more accurate. A new doctor was also posted to Kimanjo during the project period, which hospital administrators linked to the anticipated shipment.

Long-Term Impact

Better access to healthcare for a rural population.

Earlier diagnosis and stronger treatment capacity.

Improved maternal, neonatal and child health services.

A stronger foundation for community health outcomes.

Sustainability

The equipment continues to benefit patients beyond the project period, provided it is properly maintained, staffed and used.

The Kimanjo Hospital project turned a shipment of equipment into lasting rural healthcare capacity, bringing diagnostic, maternal and child health services closer to thousands of people.

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