Where Every Patient Story Begins

Construction is underway across the hospital in Kapsowar—and it’s changing more than just buildings.

Over the next two posts, we want to take you inside two projects that are reshaping the hospital. First, we’ll start at the place where almost every story begins.

Before a child is admitted.
Before a surgery is scheduled.
Before a diagnosis is made.

It’s the Outpatient Department.

This is our current emergency department. Worn and no longer able to keep up with the number of patients coming through. But this is exactly why change is underway.

This small window is where medications are dispensed for an entire hospital - over 200 outpatients and a 150-bed inpatient ward each day. But change is coming.

The current space wasn’t designed for the number of patients we now serve. Parts of the building are now over 80 years old.

As the hospital has grown—seeing more medical cases, more surgeries, more emergencies—the building hasn’t kept up.

But that’s starting to change.

Construction is underway on a new pharmacy designed to serve both a growing outpatient department and a 150-bed hospital. It’s not finished yet—but it’s moving forward. Construction is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2026.

The hospital held a fundraiser last year, and because of the generosity of the community—ranging from the local grocery shop in Kapsowar to even the President of Kenya—the funds were raised to fully renovate and expand the construction of the building.

The new Outpatient Department will be more than just a renovation—it will be a transformation.

• A redesigned layout will improve patient flow, helping people be seen more quickly and efficiently.

• The Emergency Department will expand, increasing bed capacity from 4 to at least 8—creating space to respond to trauma, critical illness, and even mass casualty events with greater readiness.

• A brand new pharmacy building, located just outside the OPD, will include:

  • A larger, more comfortable waiting area with expanded service counters

  • Increased storage—allowing us to stock medications more reliably than ever before, making the hospital one of the best-stocked hospital pharmacies in the region.

A look at the future front of the hospital—with an expanded Emergency Department on the left, a central passage into the main hospital, and a new pharmacy and administrative space on the right.

For many in this community, this is the part of the hospital they know best. It’s the front door, the first impression, the place they come when something isn’t right.

And soon, it will finally reflect the level of care happening inside.

A space that feels organized, prepared and ready.

Because when someone walks through those doors—often worried, sometimes desperate—the environment they step into matters.

And thanks to this community, that experience is about to change.