AIC Kijabe Hospital Description

AIC Kijabe Hospital is a Mission hospital sponsored by the Africa Inland Church (AIC) Kenya 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.

The Hospital was established in 1915 as a small outpatient clinic within the grounds of Rift Valley Academy, originally named Theodora Hospital and later renamed AIC Kijabe Hospital. AIC Kijabe Hospital celebrated its hundred (100) years in May 2015 and currently has a bed capacity of 363.

The hospital has continued to experience tremendous growth and change over the years. It is the largest of the five hospitals sponsored by the Africa Inland Church. Together with forty-five dispensaries located throughout Kenya, they form a network that glorifies God through medical ministry. The hospital’s mission is to “Glorify God through compassionate health care provision, training and spiritual ministry in Christ Jesus.”

The hospital has nine operating theater rooms, modern ICU, Dental, and Laboratory/ Pathology units. The AIDS Relief unit provides free outpatient HIV/AIDS care and two satellite clinics (i.e. AIC Kijabe Naivasha Medical Centre and the AIC Marira Clinic) for qualified patients. A partnership with Bethany Relief Rehabilitation International (BRRI) provides pediatric surgical and neurosurgical care through the Bethany Kids of Kijabe Hospital (BKKH) division.

The desire to train nurses resulted in another building project in 1968, helping to meet government requirements for a school for Enrolled Community Nurses. The Kijabe School of Nursing was registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya in 1980 and officially commenced the training of Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurses program (KECHN) Laboratory training was also started in 1970. In 2000 the school commenced an upgrading training for KECHN and in 2004 started the basic training for KRCHN. Subsequent programs were started in 2006 (KRNA) Kenya Registered Nurse Anaesthetists, Clinical Medicine in 2014, Peri-operative 2015 and last but not least Scrub Tech training in 2015/2016 intake.

AIC Kijabe Hospital is a level 5 tertiary referral center according to the government design of health care services.  Because of its unique services and commitment to serve God through serving-man, patients come from all over Kenya and neighboring countries.  However, Kijabe’s catchment area is considered as a radius of 30 kilometers from all sides of the hospital. A survey done in 2010 revealed that 37% of patients travel ≤ 40km and mainly come for primary health care.

Vision

To be a leader in the provision of excellent health care in Sub-Saharan Africa, to God’s glory.

Mission

To glorify God through the provision of compassionate health care, excellent medical training, and spiritual ministry in Jesus Christ.

Core Values

1. Integrity (A state of uprightness in character and attitude that reflect the life of Jesus Christ)
2. Excellence (Doing all the work by upholding high standards and as if we are doing it for the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.)
3. Compassion (Reflecting a heart of love and being empathetic to people by emulating Jesus Christ and His unfailing love for humanity.)
4. Teamwork (Reflecting the unity of the body of Jesus Christ as we pursue our vision and mission.)
5. Continuous Improvement (Constantly and consistently desiring progress and striving to become better at work and professionally.)

AIC Kijabe Hospital Services

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Outpatient

1. Casualty/Emergency
2. Maternal/Child Health
3. Maternal/Newborn Community Health Outreach
4. Obstetrics/Gynecology
5. Dentistry/Orthodontics
6. HIV/AIDS
7. Audiology
8. Physiotherapy
9. Pharmacy
10. Palliative Care

Inpatient

1. Internal Medicine
2. Pediatrics
3. Maternity
4. Intensive Care Unit
5. Neonatal ICU
6. High Dependency (Step-down) Unit
7. Inpatient Physiotherapy
8. Inpatient Palliative Care

Surgical Services

Surgery

1. General Surgery
2. General Pediatric
3. Pediatric Neurosurgery
4. Orthopedic
5. Plastic & Reconstructive
6. Ophthalmology
7. Ear, Nose, & Throat
8. Ophthalmology
9. OB/GYN

Diagnostic

1. Ultrasound
2. Digital X-Ray
3. CT-Scan
4. Pathology

AIC Kijabe Hospital Contacts

Type: Other Hospital
Owner: Christian Health Association of Kenya
Status: Operational
Province: Central
County: Kiambu
District: Lari, Kiambu
Division: Lari
Location: Kijabe
Sub-Location: Kijabe
Constituency: Lari

Address: 20
Postal Code: 220
Town: Kijabe
Nearest Town: Kijabe

Telephone Numbers:

• 0709728200 (General Enquiries)
• 0787145122 (On-Call Manager)
• 0709728271 (Maternity)
• 0709728270 (Nursery)

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 20, Kijabe 00220, Kenya

Email: cad@kijabehospital.org

AIC Kijabe Website: http://kijabehospital.org/

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.

1. Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the county;
2. Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centers and dispensaries;
3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centers;
4. Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
5. Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health center;
6. Training and technical supervision to health centers; as well as a resource center for health centers at each Mission hospital;
7. Twenty-four-hour services;

1. Obstetrics and gynecology;
2. Child health;
3. Medicine;
4. Surgery, including anesthesia;
5. Accident and emergency services;
6. Non—clinical support services;
7. Referral services;
8. Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation, and evaluation of health service programs.