Meru Teaching And Referral Hospital To Be Upgraded

By Dennis Dibondo

Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) will be upgraded to improve its service delivery.

Ministry of Defence Principal Secretary  Patrick Mariru said the initiative started after Meru governor Mutuma M’ethingia lobbied for upgrading of the hospital from President William Ruto.

“The governor sought National government support to build a new block within the hospital through the Kenya Defence Forces. So I want to assure residents that the hospital will start construction in two weeks,” he said.

Mariru who spoke on Friday at the hospital said  the contractor is on site and the work will be done in seven months.

Meru Deputy Governor Linda Kiome said the twin tower, five storey building will have a bed capacity of 552 .

“We appreciate that the President  promised our county that he was going to help us for the benefit of the people of this county and now that promise has been fulfilled today,” she said.

“The hospital serves many people and patients are even received from other counties like Isiolo,Tharaka Nithi and others, so increasing the bed capacity is a good thing,” Kiome added.

Kiome said  once completed the hospital will have 900 patients beds.

Kiome said the new building will have Intensive Care Unit (ICU)) and High Dependency Unit (HDU, Surgical theatres and a maternity wing.

THe deputy governor said the Kenya Defence Forces will only oversee the construction of the hospital but all the workers will be sourced from within the county.