PCEA Chogoria Hospital is in Eastern Kenya, about 200km northeast of Nairobi. Founded in 1922, the hospital is owned by the Presbyterian Church of East Africa. The Church also owns the nearby Clive Irvine College of Nursing. The hospital has four wards: medical, surgery, pediatric and maternity. Chogoria offers 24-hour outpatient services, renal dialysis treatment, dental and eye clinics, and physiotherapy services. The Chuka Medical Centre is a satellite clinic of Chogoria Hospital that serves the 20,000 people in Chuka town with clinical, laboratory and pharmacy services.
The hospital is in a fast-growing area and serves a catchment population of about 450,000, 50% of whom are children under 15 years of age. In addition to maternity and neonatal cases, the hospital sees many patients that present with trauma, infectious diseases, and increasingly diabetes, cancer and asthma. As the burden of disease in Kenya shifts to more non-communicable diseases, the need for specialty doctors increases. Today, there are only 2 surgeons and specialty doctors per 100,000 people in Kenya. Strengthening hospitals like Chogoria with surgical and specialty residencies is an investment in the health of future generations.
Nurses at the hospital care for some of the thousands of infants treated each year.
Young pediatric patient visits the hospital for care.
Derick is the fifth born in his family and was playing with his siblings and friends when he broke his leg. Six months later, it still had not healed properly. Derick was admitted to PCEA Chogoria hospital for evaluation. The diagnosis was Chronic Osteomyelitis, a severe and persistent bone infection. Because of the generosity of those who are investing in a future for children like Derick, he got the treatment he needed.
The hospital provides laboratory and diagnostic services.
Chogoria Hospital has over 55,000 outpatient visits per year.
