Kiria-ini Mission Hospital Description
Kiria-ini Mission Hospital is a Catholic Mission Hospital that provides comprehensive medical and surgical services and facilities in aligning with the requirements of the Department of Health Service Support of Public Health Ministry. It is located at Kiriaini Market and connected to three tarmac roads heading to Murang’ a Kangema and Nyeri.
Kiria-ini Mission Hospital is owned and managed by the Catholic Diocese of Murang’ a. It was started by the Consolata sisters in 1955 as a small dispensary then developed to a maternity wing and later to a general hospital with a capacity of 72 beds. Since inception, the Hospital has grown over the years and currently has an official Government approved bed capacity of 72 distributed in the following wards; Gynecology and maternity, pediatric, Medical wards and surgical rooms, and private/amenity ward. It is situated in Mathioya sub-County, Murang’ a County.
In February 2003, Kiria-ini Mission Hospital was closed down due to a low number of patients, which in effect resulted in financial difficulties. Later in the year, His Lordship Rt. Rev. Peter Kihara IMC. the then Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Murang’ a approached the superior General of Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate of India to offer assistance in the day to day running and administration of the hospital. In October 2003, the first group of five sisters arrived at Kiriaini Mission Hospital. The hospital was reopened on 20th November 2003. There are three sisters in number currently in the Hospital; Sr. Sheena Josse, Sr. Dona Mary, and Sr. Josna.
Kiria-ini Mission Hospital Contacts
♦ Type: Misson Hospitals in Kenya
♦ Owner: Other Faith-Based
♦ Status: Operational
♦ Province: Central
♦ County: Murang’a
♦ District: Mathioya, Murang’ a
♦ Division: Mathioya
♦ Location: Kiru
♦ Sub-Location: Kiriaini
♦ Constituency: Mathioya
♦ Nearest Town: Kiriaini
♦ P.O BOX 239-10204
♦ Tel: 020-3545157
♦ Mobile: 0723 704 530
♦ Fax:
♦ Email: kiriainimhosp@yahoo.com / kmhadmoff@gmail.com
♦ Web: http://kirianimhospital.co.ke/
Kiria-ini Mission Hospital
Kiria-ini Mission Hospital Services
♦ Antenatal
♦ Antiretroviral Therapy
♦ Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
♦ Caesarean Section
♦ Curative In-patient Services
♦ Curative Outpatient Services
♦ Family Planning
♦ Growth Monitoring and Promotion
♦ Immunization
♦ Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
♦ Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
♦ Radiology Services (e.g X-ray, UltraScan, MRI, etc)
♦ Tuberculosis Diagnosis
♦ Tuberculosis Labs
♦ Tuberculosis Treatments
♦ Youth Friendly Services
Overview of Mission Hospital in Kenya
The missionaries played a very key role in the provision of healthcare in Kenya before independence which led to the establishment of mission hospitals that have continued to serve the Kenyan population to date. Mission hospitals are faith-based institutions that provide health care. These hospitals were established by Christian missionaries.
- Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the county;
- Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centers and dispensaries;
- Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centers;
- Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
- Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health center;
- Training and technical supervision to health centers; as well as a resource center for health centers at each Mission hospital;
- Twenty-four-hour services;
- Obstetrics and gynecology;
- Child health;
- Medicine;
- Surgery, including anesthesia;
- Accident and emergency services;
- Non—clinical support services;
- Referral services;
- Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation, and evaluation of health service programs.