With a teaser video, Kenyatta National Hospital draws attention to an important upcoming event.

Written by Ziad Abdel Fattah:

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is celebrating its 125th anniversary by entering a new era of specialized healthcare and transformation. digitalPromising to achieve a significant, undisclosed milestone on May 11, 2026.

The official page published For the hospital A teaser video in which she invited viewers to look forward to more details on May 11-12, 2026.

Largest hospital in East Africa

Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) is the largest government referral and teaching hospital in Kenya and East Africa. Established in 1901 in Nairobi, it has 1,800 beds and more than 6,000 staff, and provides advanced specialist services, including cardiac surgery, cancer treatment, intensive care, and fertility treatments. It is the principal teaching hospital for the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Nairobi.

Digital management system

As part of a comprehensive modernization plan, the hospital launched, starting in March 2026, a digital paperless management system (Afya Apex HMIS/ERP), through which services such as radiology, laboratory and pharmacy were automated.

Recently, Kenyatta National Hospital successfully performed the world's largest mastectomy, removing more than 20 kilograms of tissue.

Important achievements

The hospital has a number of important achievements, as doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital achieved a breakthrough in fetal medicine after they successfully transfused blood into a baby while it was still in its mother's womb.

The highly delicate procedure, known as intrauterine fetal blood transfusion, was performed by a team of 4 doctors, including specialists Dr. Rosa Chimoi, Dr. Flavia Oguto, and Dr. Ekol Adongo, as well as Dr. Kunjera Murai (interventional radiologist), with the assistance of nurses Benson Nyankoro and Redimbeta Momo, and reproductive health officer Tony Wainana.

Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in a public hospital by Kenyans, a procedure known scientifically as laparoscopic nephrectomy, thanks to the availability of a tissue testing laboratory at the hospital, the only one in the region.

Traditionally, laparoscopic nephrectomy required the donor, a healthy individual, to undergo major surgery in which the kidney was removed through a large lateral incision. This procedure, known as "open surgery," was accompanied by significant pain and a long recovery period for the donor. In contrast, laparoscopic nephrectomy uses very small incisions, and the kidney is removed using a laparoscope or camera and specialized, precise surgical instruments. The advantage of this procedure lies in the significantly shorter recovery period and lower complication rate. Furthermore, transplanted kidneys are characterized by excellent quality and function.