Trans Nzoia Teaching & Referral Hospital
Trans-Nzoia County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya, located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon, 380 km northwest of Nairobi. At its centre is the town of Kitale which is the capital and largest town. A fully equipped 350 bed level 5 hospital designed to be the premier referral hospital for the Western Kenya region and further afield to neighboring parts of Uganda. The design combines a previously existing block with a new building and several out-houses for servicing, warehousing and mortuary. These various components are carefully connected based on their adjacencies and adequate way-finding. The hospital employs smart medicine features to enhance the efficiency of in-patient and out-patient facilities provided for. The infrastructure for this is embedded in the building fabric for seamless connectivity.
The Hospital will be significantly large and have ample space for expansion (Approximately 12,000 sq feet). Construction, maintenance and facilitation will be done under the advantage of patnerships with renowned firms, corporate entities and consultants. The institution will ultimately reduce the cost of health through reduction of long distance referrals and enhancement of access to healthcare because of the established pool of highly skilled health personnel and a robust infrastructure. It will also standardize the cost of health by being the link between the client and the specialist and thus ensure that specialists do not charge for services depending on their perception about the financial status of the clients they serve.
With the target market being residents of Trans Nzoia, West Pokot, Turkana and Bungoma counties, a population mainly composed of farmers (majority peasant) who are required to incur huge travel and accommodation expenses to access specialized services, the location of the hospital is therefore overtly strategic because it is close to these people. The urban centers in these counties have populations that are mainly involved in formal employment which include the civil service, banking institutions, universities, factories and various private businesses that deal with household goods and construction materials..
Trans-Nzoia County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya, located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon, 380 km northwest of Nairobi. At its centre is the town of Kitale which is the capital and largest town. A fully equipped 350 bed level 5 hospital designed to be the premier referral hospital for the Western Kenya region and further afield to neighboring parts of Uganda. The design combines a previously existing block with a new building and several out-houses for servicing, warehousing and mortuary. These various components are carefully connected based on their adjacencies and adequate way-finding. The hospital employs smart medicine features to enhance the efficiency of in-patient and out-patient facilities provided for. The infrastructure for this is embedded in the building fabric for seamless connectivity.
