Dr Barcley Onyambu addressing the media at the Nairobi Hospital boardroom on August 18, 2025.
Nairobi Hospital managers have said the facility is financially stable, despite ongoing wrangles and tiffs with insurers.
Board chairman Dr Barcley Onyambu reaffirmed the hospital’s operational strength in response to the recent claims
that the hospital should be declared insolvent.
“The model that we
adopted at the Nairobi Hospital and has been running for the past 70 years is
one whereby we want to offer unfettered access to the best possible
specialised health care to the patients who seek it,” Dr Onyambu said.
He said the converging point of
anyone involved in health care delivery is the well-being and health of
patients.
“Be you the doctor, be you the nurse, be you a third-party
payer, be you an insurer, be you a corporate, be you a loved one, the
converging point is the reversal of disease and restoration of well-being. Everyone
else who is involved in the health care business has to keep that in mind. If
you are in this industry and you find yourself steering away or moving away
from that convergence, then you are playing on the wrong side of the game,” he
reiterated.
With regard to the
rescinded price increases, the hospital said discussions are ongoing on what
formula to adopt between the hospital and the insurance companies.
“This was a decision reached in mutual goodwill and driven
by commitment to responsible engagement that prioritises patients while
sustaining quality healthcare services,” Felix Osano, the Chief Executive
Officer, said during the press briefing.
Affirming the hospital’s financial stability, the CEO said
that the hospital had initiated infrastructure upgrades, including six state-of-the-art labour and delivery units, a 256-slice AI-enabled CT scanner that provides rapid, high-definition
imaging with reduced radiation exposure, among other improvements.
He said: “Each of these projects is a strategic investment
to expand clinical capacity, improve patient outcomes and reinforce the
hospital’s leadership in specialised care.”