AIC Kijabe Hospital
Kijabe hospital is a Faith Based Organisation located in Kijabe Town, Lari Constituency in Kiambu County about 65 Kilometres from Nairobi town. The hospital is 102 years old and has a 363-bed capacity. The hospital is in the process of improving infrastructure and building new facilities to better serve her mission and vision. The proposed complex houses various departments including Laboratories, X-Ray rooms, Accident and Emergency, Consultation rooms for general and specialty clinicians, Conference rooms and administration offices. Also included is Oncology, physiotherapy and future Palliative care spaces. The complex shall be designed to cater for people with disability and those who are not ambulant. The proposal therefore factors in ramps and elevators.
The design philosphy for AIC Kijabe OPD was guided by the principles of salutogenesis which emphasize on putting in factors which cause global well-being and focuses on creation and maintenance of good health rather than looking for the cause of specific diseases. The proposed concept is also compliant with sustainability as well as requirements of green building design.
AIC Kijabe Hospital is an undoubtedly impactful healthcare centre catering annually for over 150,000 out-patient individuals, more than 10,000 in-patients, undertaking over 8,000 surgical procedures and spending over 100 Million Kenya Shillings on subsidized care.
Kijabe hospital is a Faith Based Organisation located in Kijabe Town, Lari Constituency in Kiambu County about 65 Kilometres from Nairobi town. The hospital is 102 years old and has a 363-bed capacity. The hospital is in the process of improving infrastructure and building new facilities to better serve her mission and vision. The proposed complex houses various departments including Laboratories, X-Ray rooms, Accident and Emergency, Consultation rooms for general and specialty clinicians, Conference rooms and administration offices. Also included is Oncology, physiotherapy and future Palliative care spaces. The complex shall be designed to cater for people with disability and those who are not ambulant. The proposal therefore factors in ramps and elevators.
