The Nairobi Hospital
hospital in Kenya
The Nairobi Hospital is a private hospital located in Upper Hill area, Nairobi, Kenya.The hospital was founded in 1954 as the European Hospital, a hospital for Europeans.
Location
It is located along Argwings Kodhek Road, Upper Hill, Nairobi. The hospital is located approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) west of Kenyatta International Conference Centre. The geographical coordinates of the hospital are 01°17'46.0"S, 36°48'17.0"E (Latitude:-1.296115; Longitude:36.804718).
Overview
The Nairobi Hospital was established to replace the smaller older Nairobi European Hospital (1902), that had become too small, as the new European Hospital. The institution was officially opened on 9 April 1954, as an exclusively European Hospital, in Kenya, which was then a colony of the United Kingdom. On 19 October 1961, it began serving non-Europeans and the name was changed to The Nairobi Hospital.
As of September 2026 the hospital is owned by the Kenya Hospital Association (KHA). The hospital's total assets were valued at approximately KES:12 billion (US$94 million, at that time).
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