Dr. Wilber K. Ottichilo, Governor, Vihiga County (Right),Joseph Ogutu, Chairman, Safaricom Foundation, Safaricom PLC (Left), during the official groundbreaking Ceremony Maternal Newborn Child and Health at Vihiga County Referral Hospital.
M-Pesa Foundation has commissioned a KES 60 million maternity unit at Vihiga County Referral Hospital, enhancing maternal and newborn healthcare for over 700,000 residents
The new facility is set to increase the hospital’s bed capacity from 15 to 32 which will accommodate more mothers in the postnatal and antenatal wards.
Additionally, the construction of the newly equipped 8-bed newborn unit will cater for newborns in need of further care.
“Maternal healthcare is one of M-Pesa Foundation’s key focus areas under the health pillar. To this effect, we have partnered with various county governments across the country to establish modern mother and child units in key health centres to ensure that mothers have safe and clean environments to deliver their babies and reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the country,” said Joseph Ogutu, Safaricom Foundation Chairman.
The maternal unit will also include commodities to provide a variety of critical services such as postnatal and antenatal care, caesarian section deliveries, comprehensive clinic care, and laboratory services.
It is expected to accommodate more expectant mothers and newborns from Vihiga and the surrounding Kakamega and Kisumu counties.
The Foundation has successfully constructed similar facilities in Homa Bay, Nyeri and Kwale counties and has ongoing projects in Busia, Bungoma, Kiambu, Siaya and Embu counties.
M-PESA Foundation has also invested in the education sector within the county, recently handing over and commissioning the renovations of school infrastructure at Gamoi and Chekombero Primary Schools respectively.
Did you know that M-Pesa Foundation is also supporting the construction of a maternity unit in Embu? Read more about the Embu maternity project here
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