Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital is the first dedicated public children’s Hospital and one of its kind in East & Central Africa. The 250-bed multi-specialty Hospital which provides paediatric medical and surgical services; also has Outpatient Ambulatory and Emergency Department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specialist Services at Shoe4Africa Children\u2019s Hospital<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Cardiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Neurology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Nephrology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Gastroenterology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Critical Care<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Oncology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Dermatology<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Orthopaedics<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Paediatric Burns\/Plastic Surgery<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neonatology\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Others: Urology, Ophthalmology, ENT & Dental<\/p>\n\n\n\n Child life Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MTRH has engaged Child Life Health Workers (CLHWs) who help lessen children’s anxiety, particularly in-patients, by introducing them to real medical equipment through play, explaining how and why procedures must be done, and ways each child can assist the medical team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Upcoming projects<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The Sidekick Foundation, Indiana, USA funding a USD 2 Million Harry J. Dyer 60-bed Burns Hospital which will be the only such Burns Hospital in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 The Shoe4Africa Foundation, New York, USA funding a USD 2.5 Million 162-bed Julie Anne Parry Paediatric Cancer Hospital. The first Children’s Cancer Hospital in East & Central African Region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tailor-made courses offered at MTRH College of Medicine (CoM)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to ensure self-reliance and capacity development of Human Resources for Health (HRH) for MTRH and beyond, the College of Medicine located at MTRH campus runs a one (1)-year program on Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine & Surgery (Paediatrics) and Higher Diploma in Peadiatric Oncology Nursing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shoe4Africa Children’s Hospital is the first dedicated public children’s Hospital and one of its kind in East & Central Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":151,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":257,"url":"https:\/\/www.mtrh.go.ke\/?page_id=257","url_meta":{"origin":285,"position":0},"title":"SHOE4AFRICA CHILDREN\u2019S HOSPITAL","author":"admin","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital is the first dedicated public children's Hospital and one of its kind in East & Central Africa. 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