10/11/2024
https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/article/new-cardiothoracic-centre-opens-at-kenyas-tenwek-hospital
On Oct. 24, Samaritan’s Purse, the people of Kenya, and Tenwek Hospital celebrated the grand opening of a new cardiothoracic surgical centre in Bomet, north of Nairobi.
World Medical Mission, a medical arm of Samaritan’s Purse, has been sending doctors to Tenwek for decades. In 1981, Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham raised funds for a major building project at Tenwek. Construction on the Johana Ng’etich Medical Centre started in 1981, and the new ward opened four years later. In 2004, Samaritan’s Purse also funded the construction of an operating theatre, which has five operating rooms and other facilities. We also helped rebuild a wing there claimed by fire in 2018.
This newest addition to the medical centre was envisioned by Franklin Graham years ago alongside Tenwek surgeon Russ White.
Samaritan’s Purse helped to construct the facility, described as a "dream come true" in its capacity to serve thousands of people each year.
