Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) Director General Mohamed Badi said that the newly restored Mathare-Korogocho Hospital would begin accepting patients in July.
Mr Badi stated that the health center is 90% complete, with just medical equipment from the Ministry of Health needed before it can be commissioned.
The NMS chief stated that the five-story building hospital will lower the patient burden at Mama Lucy Hospital, which serves a population of about 2.1 million people in the Eastlands area.
The Level 5 hospital will have patient admitting rooms, a pharmacy, a renal dialysis center, an intensive care unit, and theatres once it is completed.
Maj-Gen Badi said the Mathare-Korogocho hospital will offer renal dialysis, radiology services, tuberculosis management, mortuary and autopsy services, 24-hour pharmacy, pathology, chemotherapy and forensic services.
The facility was put up in the early 1990s but was grounded, however, NMS was last year charged with reviving its completion.
The 350-bed capacity hospital will also have inpatient and outpatient pharmacies, burns unit and a staff quarters.
Level 5 health facilities are also known as county referral hospitals and should have more than 100 beds. They are run by chief executive officers who must be medical doctors.
