Lamu West sub-county residents are set to benefit immensely from improved health care once the new Mpeketoni Sub-county hospital wing is commissioned.

The expansion is being undertaken by the County Government of Lamu through the Department of Health and will tremendously transform the facility into a leading hospital offering integrated health care services for the people it serves.

Speaking while inspecting the ongoing construction works at the old Mpeketoni Hospital, Health CECM Dr. Mbarak Bahjaj noted that the upgrading of the building which is 70% complete will harbour Integrated Infectious Diseases Unit, Comprehensive Care Unit and Corporate Outpatient Unit and is expected to ease pressure at the facility and other health centres within the County.

“We are optimistic that by early October, the public will start enjoying improved services and will no longer be required to travel for miles to seek medical services at private facilities as well as outside the county” Dr. Bahjaj noted.

The CECM, who was accompanied Health Chief Officer Dr. Victor Tole, also committed to ensure the Health Department continues to bring specialised health care services closer to mwananchi which is in line with H.E. Governor Issa Timamy EGH, OGW health care pillar.

The CECM also inspected the ongoing construction of a kitchen and a store as well as the newly installed laundry machines. The expansion will go a long way towards ensuring seamless service delivery at the facility which currently serves over 3,000 inpatients and over 38,000 outpatients annually

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